A 28-year-old Ontario Provincial Police officer with just over a year on the job was killed near a small community southeast of Brantford on Tuesday afternoon.
. Before university, he was a student at St. Joan of Arc Catholic High School in Vaughan, according to York.
“No further details will be released at this time regarding the suspects,” the police force said in its release.at about 5 p.m., the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation said the OPP had confirmed a shooting near the First Nation.On Sept. 12, Toronto police officer Andrew Hong was “The OPP is assisting the member’s family and colleagues as they deal with this tragedy, and our thoughts and prayers are with them,” the OPP said in its press release. “The family is asking for privacy at this difficult time.”
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the police officer who was shot and killed this afternoon,” Chief Stacey LaForme said in an email. “We are relieved to hear that the people believed to be involved have been arrested.”Six Nations of the Grand River Elected Council Chief Mark Hill thanked the OPP and Six Nations Police services.
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