Teenager Shot Dead by Longueuil Police Sparks Outcry, Mourning, and Calls for Reform
Rezayi’s death on September 21 has shaken Montreal’s South Shore. For his classmates, neighbours, and family, the sudden loss feels unbearable.
On a quiet street in Longueuil, a small memorial has grown where 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi was shot by police.
Candles flicker beside flowers, handwritten notes, and photographs of a smiling teenager who will never return home.
Rezayi’s death on September 21 has shaken Montreal’s South Shore.
For his classmates, neighbours, and family, the sudden loss feels unbearable.
“He was just a boy with dreams,” said one mourner at his funeral.
The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes says police responded to reports of armed youths that afternoon. Moments later, Rezayi was shot.
No gun was found on him; the only firearm seized belonged to the officer who fired.
The officer is now on leave as the investigation continues.
At Rezayi’s funeral in Brossard, hundreds gathered in sorrow.
The mosque overflowed with young people clutching flowers, parents embracing one another, and whispered prayers rising in unison.
His parents, their voices breaking, asked why their son was taken and why answers have been so slow to come.
In the days since, vigils and marches have been organized by community groups and the Association de la Sépulture Musulmane du Québec.
Organizers are urging peace: “not for us, but for Nooran and his family.”
Yet beneath the calls for calm lies deep anger and frustration — a sense that Rezayi’s death is part of a larger pattern of police violence and racial profiling.
For many, the tragedy has reignited demands for body-worn cameras and stricter oversight of police use of force.
Civic leaders warn that trust between police and residents, especially young people, is fraying.
As the community prepares to march from Gérard-Fillion School to Longueuil police headquarters, the grief feels raw but determined.
To those who loved him, Rezayi was more than a headline — he was a gentle boy with his whole life ahead of him.
Now, his name has become a rallying cry.
His community insists his death must lead to change, so no other family has to grieve the way his does today.