When something terrible happens, folks will often scramble to assign it meaning — the shooting that took place in Montreal this week is no exception, for better and for worse. On Monday, a gunman began firing shots in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood, killing police offer Mohamed Lamine Benredouane. A civilian, Michel Mizrahi, was also killed when he was caught in the crossfire. It was a really hard, sad day for my city.