Police in Levis shot a man who threatened officers responding to a call regarding a disturbed individual on Sunday morning.
At 3:20 a.m., police received a call from the St-Romuald area. They found a man wielding a machete.
Officers told him to drop his weapon but the man advanced towards them when police opened fire.
The 27-year-old man was injured but police said they do not fear for his life.
The incident is being investigated by Quebec’s Bureau of Independent Investigators.
