08-10-2008, 11:15 PM
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Good that's what fucking happens when cops kill innocent people. 
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MONTREAL ? Cars were set on fire, propane tanks exploded and stores were vandalized in a Montreal neighbourhood late Sunday night as violence erupted following the shooting of a young man by police a day earlier.
Hundreds of police officers were called to the scene as youths filled streets in the north of the city and fires were set at various intersections.
A police officer was reportedly shot in the leg amid the chaos and a police helicopter was dispatched to monitor the scene from above.
There was also a report that a cameraman had suffered minor injuries in the altercations.
On Saturday, a police patrol in a nearby Montreal park turned ugly when an officer opened fire on three young people, killing one man and wounding two others.
An 18-year-old man, identified by his sister as Freddy Alberto Villanueva, died from his wounds in hospital.
The other two, an 18-and a 20-year-old, were reportedly in stable condition.
Montreal police say the officers were trying to arrest an individual during a routine police intervention in Henri Bourassa Park in the Montreal district of Montreal North when they were surrounded by a group of about 20 youths.
A few individuals allegedly broke away from the group and rushed the officers.
According to police, it was then that one of the officers opened fire.
The officers were not wounded in the Saturday incident.
Quebec provincial police were interviewing witnesses.
"We do think there are many witnesses, because at that time, around 7 p.m., there were a lot of people in the park or in the surroundings of the park," said Quebec provincial police spokesman Gregory Gomez del Prado.
"There were also people who were part of the altercation, and many people playing sports or just sitting in the park," he said.
"It's too early to say what happened exactly. We're talking about the death of a man. It's a major investigation."
Villanueva's sister, Julissa, said in an interview from nearby Laval that the family wanted answers.
"We only know what we see in the news, in the newspapers, that's all," she said, breaking into tears as she spoke about her brother, a student who wanted become a mechanic.
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