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Officer who died identified as Sgt. Eric Mueller, 1 person in custody.
One Ontario Provincial Police officer has died, and two others were injured, after they were shot in the eastern Ontario community of Bourget in the municipality of Clarence-Rockland early Thursday morning.
The officer who was killed has been identified as Sgt. Eric Mueller, according to OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique.
“We anxiously await for further word on his fellow officers who are still at hospital,” Carrique said in a post on Twitter Thursday morning.
It is with an extremely heavy heart that I regretfully advise that OPP Sgt. Eric Mueller has been killed in the line of duty. We anxiously await for further word on his fellow officers who are still at hospital. Our thoughts are with the officers, their families and colleagues.
—@OPPCommissioner
Just after 2 a.m., Mueller and two other officers were called to a disturbance at a home on Laval Street in Bourget, OPP said.
Someone had reported hearing a gunshot.
When the officers arrived, all three were shot by someone at the home, OPP said. They were taken to hospital in Ottawa, where one of them died. The two others are recovering; their conditions were not released.
OPP say one person has been arrested, and that there is no danger to the public. Officers from the Ottawa Police Service are assisting.
‘It’s devastating’
The MPP for the area, Stéphane Sarrazin, told CBC in an interview from Toronto Thursday that officials will be working with first responders to get them proper support.
“Our thoughts are with the police officer and their family, and it’s devastating to hear that kind of situation went on in our riding,” he said.
In a Twitter post Thursday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford called Mueller’s killing senseless and asked people to pray for the other officers.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the news coming out of Bourget “awful,” and said the two injured officers are in his thoughts.
The death of OPP Sgt. Eric Mueller, who was senselessly killed in the line of duty, is devastating news. My thoughts are with his family and friends.<br><br>Please join me in praying for his fellow officers as we await word on their condition. May God bless our heroes in uniform. <a href=”https://t.co/WxoMPB69u7″>https://t.co/WxoMPB69u7</a>
—@fordnation
Awful news coming from Bourget, Ontario this morning. I’m sending my deepest condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of <a href=”https://twitter.com/OPP_News?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@OPP_News</a> Sergeant Eric Mueller, who was killed in the line of duty, and I’m keeping the two injured officers in my thoughts.
—@JustinTrudeau
The mayor of Clarence-Rockland, Mario Zanth, said in an interview that the community is shocked.
“You see this in different areas, and you’re always shocked when it happens everywhere else, but when it happens at home, it definitely hits a little harder,” Zanth said.
“The community is doing everything it can to support itself and each other,” he said.
Bourget is about 50 kilometres east of downtown Ottawa.
This is a developing story. More to come.
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