2022 Killing Spree: Quebec Coroner Makes Call for Specialized Mental-Health Tribunal

A Quebec coroner has issued a final report into the violent deaths of three people who were shot at random in the Montreal area by a mentally ill man in 2022, recommending the province look at creating a dedicated court to deal with mental-health cases. Coroner Géhane Kamel made several recommendations on Feb. 29 including transforming the province’s mental-health review board into a specialized tribunal as is the case in Ontario, which would allow police, medical professionals, and prosecutors to be involved in files. Ms. Kamel’s report follows an inquiry last year into the August 2022 murders of André Lemieux, 64, Mohamed Belhaj, 48, and Alex Lévis Crevier, 22, as well as the death of Abdulla Shaikh, the 26-year-old killer who died in an exchange of gunfire with police at a Montreal motel....