“It’s as if he wanted to eliminate Nooran. That was his intention.”
Those are the piercing words from the mother of 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi, who was killed by Longueuil police earlier this year, as the boy’s family sues the city and police force for $2.2 million.
The family is accusing officers of the Service de police de l’agglomération de Longueuil (SPAL) of using “unreasonable and disproportionate” force by opening fire “extremely quickly” on Nooran twice.
“They killed my child for no reason,” Fahima Rezayi said at a press conference Tuesday. “Why was that officer in such a hurry to shoot Nooran twice, without even taking the time to think? He didn’t even give him five seconds to lie down. That’s the most painful part.”
Left to right: Lawyer Fernando Belton, Nooran’s mother Fahima Rezayi, and lawyer Virginie Dufresne-Lemire, at a press conference Dec. 9, 2025. (Zachary Cheung, CityNews)
Nooran Rezayi was shot and killed by police on Sept. 21. Officers were responding to a 911 call about a group of potentially armed youths in a public place of a residential area.
According to the transcript of the 911 call obtained by Radio-Canada, around 2:47 p.m. someone reported the presence of 15 to 20 masked individuals armed with a baseball bat and a rifle in the Saint-Hubert area of Longueuil. The presence of a firearm was mentioned four times during the call.
The first police officers arrived on the scene at 2:57 p.m. At 2:58 p.m., Nooran was shot by the police officer. The Rezayi family says surveillance footage sent by a nearby resident appears to show 10 seconds elapse between the moment police arrive and the fatal shots.
Paramedics were called to the scene and attempted to resuscitate the teenager at 3:03 p.m. He was pronounced dead at Charles-Lemoyne Hospital at 3:29 p.m.
“The police waited more than five hours afterward to tell us the news,” Fahima Rezayi said. “It gives the impression that they were trying to buy time to protect their colleague.”
Quebec’s independent police watchdog, the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI), reported finding a baseball bat after the fatal shooting. The only firearm seized belonged to the officer who shot the teenager, it reported. A backpack and some ski masks were also recovered afterwards, according to the oversight body.
The Longueuil police officer involved was placed on an indefinite sick leave.
The family says it is seeking compensation for the “numerous damages” it has suffered, but adds that it also wants to highlight “the accountability of those responsible for Nooran’s death.”
The BEI is still investigating the fatal shooting. The Rezayi family laments that they are still seeking answers two months after Nooran’s death, as they have not had access to the results of the ongoing investigations.
“For me, the police are no longer protectors. Every time I see police officers, I see them as potential killers,” the boy’s mother said.
“Nooran means light. There’s no light in my house anymore. I wonder why.”
CityNews has reached out to the City of Longueuil and the SPAL for a statement.
–With files from The Canadian Press
