Montreal Gazette
🏢 Postmedia
📍 QC
Jul 30, 2026
· 3 min read
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Police watchdog investigating after Shawinigan homicide suspect shot during arrest
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QUEBEC NEWS
Police watchdog investigating after Shawinigan homicide suspect shot during arrest
Philippe Benoit was apprehended in Lac-aux-Sables after officers received information from the public.
Philippe Benoit is charged with murder after a homicide in Shawinigan on Sunday. (Sûreté du Québec)
By
Abby McLaughlin
July 29, 2026 at 8:08 p.m.
Last Updated: July 30, 2026 at 12:46 p.m.
Quebec’s independent police watchdog has opened an investigation after Sûreté du Québec officers shot a man wanted in connection with the killing of a 16-year-old during his arrest Wednesday in the Mauricie regi…
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