The intervention service of the Service de police de la Ville de Québec (SPVQ) intervened on the night of Thursday to Friday in the Lac-Saint-Charles sector, in Quebec, after a man barricaded himself at his home. .

The man, aged in his fifties, would be suicidal, according to the SPVQ. He would be alone in his apartment located on rue Jacques-Bédard.

A security perimeter was erected around his home around 10:15 p.m. The operation was still in progress around 3:30 a.m. Friday morning, while the police were still trying to negotiate.