Montreal police investigating after officer seriously injured in Parc-Extension

Montreal police say they have arrested a suspect after anofficerwasinjured during an altercation with a motorist.

Police originally said the officer was injured by a bullet, but later the story changed. How exactly the officer was injured remains unclear.

"The information we have now is that there is a possibility the officer was not injured by a bullet," said Montreal police spokesperson Const. Jean-Pierre Brabant.

He originally said the officer had beenshot in the upperbody after pulling over a vehicle on Crmazie Blvd. nearChampagneurAve. just before 4 p.m.

The incident occurred near the city's March Central shopping complex,just south of Highway 40, in theParc-Extension neighbourhood.

Brabant said atraffic stop turned into an altercation.

"There is information that I cannot disclose as we speak to avoid harming the investigation or the efforts of the police officers working here this evening," he said.

A tweet from the SPVMshortly after the incident said the officer was seriously injured, and warned that a major operation was under way.

Brabant said the officer was conscious on the way to the hospital, and was later awake and"feeling good at the hospital."

For about two hours a major police operation was underway in the area, with several streets blocked off.