The identities of two police officers involved in the shooting death of a 15-year-old Montreal-area boy will be released to the teenager’s family. A Superior Court judge ruled on Thursday that the names of the officer who opened fire on the boy and the officer’s partner who was present can be disclosed to the family of Nooran Rezayi, who was shot and killed during a Longueuil police intervention on Sept. 21, 2025. The officers’ names will remain confidential and cannot be released publicly, according to the ruling. Under the agreement reached in court, the family will also receive documents relating to Longueuil police procedures, files from the coroner’s office, and information relating to the care Rezayi received from emergency services after the shooting, all of which will remain confidential. Rezayi’s family is suing the City of Longueuil and the Longueuil police service (SPAL) for $2.2 million after their son was killed in the intervention. The family filed a motion to release the officers’ names but the city and the Attorney General of Quebec opposed it. The city argued in court that releasing the name of the officer who opened fire would put their safety at risk since there was a contract killing published on Instagram to assassinate the officer involved. The teen who posted the Instagram story was found guilty of criminal harassment on Jan. 12 and sentenced in April to 40 hours of unpaid community service and 12 months of probation. Since Rezayi was killed, Quebec’s independent police watchdog, the BEI, has finished its investigation into the officer’s actions and submitted its report to the Quebec Crown prosecution office, known as the DPCP. The DPCP will determine whether or not criminal charges should be laid against the officer.
