Coroner Says Montreal Police Used Unnecessary Force, Lacked Training in Man’s Death

Quebec coroner Luc Malouin speaks at the beginning of a coroner’s inquest in Quebec City, Feb. 13, 2023. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot

A coroner’s report into the 2017 death of a man killed by Montreal police says officers put themselves in danger and provoked the use of force.

Police were unprepared when they arrived at the home of Koray Kevin Celik on March 6, 2017, in the Montreal neighbourhood of Île-Bizard, coroner Luc Malouin said in his report released Friday. Celik’s parents had called police because they wanted to prevent their 28-year-old son from driving a car while intoxicated.