A Burnaby, BC Mountie has been stabbed to death while dealing with a bylaw issue at a camp for the homeless..A suspect has also been shotand seriously wounded..The female officer became the third killed in Canada in a week, after two Ontario police officers were shot to death after being called to a disturbance in Innisfil, ON..The latest incident occurred on Canada Way between Willingdon Ave. and Boundary Rd., in Burnaby. .Twitter users in the area have posted several pictures showing that there is an increased police presence. .“There does not appear to be any ongoing risk to the public," Burnaby RCMP said on Twitter..Last Tuesday, South Simcoe Police Service (SSPS) said its officers responded to a call at a home shortly before 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Two officers were shot while inside the home, and a 23-year-old suspect was also shot and killed..Both police officers were taken to a local hospital, where one died. The second officer was then airlifted to Toronto in critical condition, where he died shortly after 7:30 a.m. Wednesday..The SSPS has identified the two slain officers as Const. Morgan Russell, 54, a 33-year veteran, and Const. Devon Northrup, 33, a six-year veteran.."Words cannot describe our grief," said acting chief John Van Dyke.The two South Simcoe officers are the third and fourth police officers to be killed in Ontario in the last month.The SSPS said in a news release that Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is now investigating..More to come...
A Burnaby, BC Mountie has been stabbed to death while dealing with a bylaw issue at a camp for the homeless..A suspect has also been shotand seriously wounded..The female officer became the third killed in Canada in a week, after two Ontario police officers were shot to death after being called to a disturbance in Innisfil, ON..The latest incident occurred on Canada Way between Willingdon Ave. and Boundary Rd., in Burnaby. .Twitter users in the area have posted several pictures showing that there is an increased police presence. .“There does not appear to be any ongoing risk to the public," Burnaby RCMP said on Twitter..Last Tuesday, South Simcoe Police Service (SSPS) said its officers responded to a call at a home shortly before 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Two officers were shot while inside the home, and a 23-year-old suspect was also shot and killed..Both police officers were taken to a local hospital, where one died. The second officer was then airlifted to Toronto in critical condition, where he died shortly after 7:30 a.m. Wednesday..The SSPS has identified the two slain officers as Const. Morgan Russell, 54, a 33-year veteran, and Const. Devon Northrup, 33, a six-year veteran.."Words cannot describe our grief," said acting chief John Van Dyke.The two South Simcoe officers are the third and fourth police officers to be killed in Ontario in the last month.The SSPS said in a news release that Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is now investigating..More to come...
