Mothers of minors at scene of Longueuil teen's shooting file $1.9M lawsuit against

A civil lawsuit of nearly $1.9 million was filed Thursday against the City of Longueuil and several of its police officers, after an intervention last year in which police fatally shot a teenage boy. 

Nooran Rezayi, a 15-year-old high school student, was shot and killed on Sept. 21, 2025, by Longueuil police after they responded to a 911 call reporting a group of armed people in a residential neighbourhood. 

The fatal shooting ignited community anger against police and led Rezayi’s family to sue the police and City of Longueuil for about $2.2 million.

On Thursday, five minors — teens who were present at the time of the police intervention — and their mothers filed their civil lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court. 

The plaintiffs are not named in the lawsuit to protect the identity of the teens, who were all minors at the time of the shooting. 

The minors and four mothers are seeking damages for the consequences of the police intervention, which they allege was wrongful.

Each family is asking for $25,000 per mother and $150,000 for each child. Additionally, the plaintiffs are seeking $750,000 in damages from the police department as well as $250,000 from the City of Longueuil. 

The City of Longueuil acknowledged the filing in an email Thursday.

“As the case is now under judicial review, the city will make no further comment,” a spokesperson for the city said, adding that the statement was also sent on behalf of Longueuil police.

The lawsuit alleges the police operation on Sept. 21, 2025, was conducted in a “highly negligent and reckless” manner that lacked both adequate planning and any attempt at de-escalation. 

Calls to launch administrative inquiry into police force

Rezayi, who was unarmed, was shot within seconds of a police officer arriving at the area where he and a group of youths had been walking.

Police said they received a 911 call reporting a group of armed people wearing masks.

In December, 2025, Longeuil Mayor Catherine Fournier asked Quebec Public Security Minister Ian Lafrenière to investigate her city’s police force as well as chief Patrick Bélanger. 

Lafrenière has said he’s committed to launching an administrative inquiry into the police force.

Her request followed the release of emails that showed Brigitte Bishop, the head of Quebec’s police watchdog — the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes — had questioned Bélanger about the actions of Longueuil police officers in the hours after Rezayi’s death. 

Bishop said the Longueuil officers appeared to inappropriately interview witnesses and conduct their own investigation. 

​​Bishop also suggested Bélanger gave erroneous information to the BEI by suggesting that his officers waited to notify the BEI about the death because they had to secure the scene due to additional 911 calls they received. Those calls had been invalidated, Bishop said. 

The BEI investigation into the shooting ended last Wednesday. It will now be up to Quebec’s public prosecution service whether to lay charges against the officer who shot Rezayi.