Montreal police shoot up homeless man, stray bullet kills innocent stranger

A second man has died from his injuries after shots were fired by police early Tuesday morning in Montreal's downtown core, near the corner of St-Denis and Ste-Catherine streets.

The 36-year-old was on his way to work at the Saint-Luc Hospital and was hit by a stray bullet.

Police were firing on a 40-year-old man who was seen wielding a knife. He died earlier on Tuesday.

The incident began when a police officer approached a man who was allegedly disturbing the peace and overturning garbage cans at 6:40 a.m. Tuesday.

Police say the 40-year-old man brandished a knife. There was a foot chase and the police officer fired shots about a block away from the initial encounter.

The man police were chasing was hit, as was the passerby.