Montreal family wants answers after father, son shot during police operation [Video]

A family from Dollard-des-Ormeaux (DDO) in Montreal’s West Island says they deserve answers after two of their family members were shot during a police operation.

“We need to know why, why him. He was a hero,” said Sirin El Jundi of her husband, Houssam Abdallah, who was shot five times. “He saved the lives of his kids.”

The family was unpacking from a camping trip on Aug. 4 when a man fleeing from police allegedly tried to steal their car.

Gunfire ensued, with about 30 to 40 shots fired.

Abdallah and his son were both injured.

“The cops were just yelling. Shots were still being fired,” said daughter Jana Abdallah, who tried to help her family as they lay bleeding. “They told me to go back inside, and the blood of my father was on my hands. It’s chaos, traumatizing.”

The family says not only have they gotten little information from police, but when El Jundi asked what they are to do now that her husband cannot provide financially, she …