WARMINGTON: Toronto cop shot and killed in Mississauga

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A Toronto Police officer working a coaching course was shot and killed in Mississauga on Monday afternoon in what Peel Police Chief Nish Duraiappah described as an “unprovoked” assault, which preceded a dramatic string of violence that left three lifeless and three injured, together with the suspect, throughout numerous components of the GTA.

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Coaching Const. Andrew Hong, a 22-year veteran with the Toronto power, died shortly following the daylight assault.

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Police say the suspect — 30-year-old Shawn Petry — was positioned in Hamilton. He was shot in a cemetery there by Halton Regional Police and the Particular Investigations Unit has invoked its mandate.

The violence started round 2:15 p.m. at a Tim Hortons restaurant at Argentia Rd. and Winston Churchill Blvd. in Mississauga.

“Whereas on lunch break, he was shot in an unprovoked, and, could I say, in an ambush assault, and succumbed to his accidents,” Duraiappah stated on Monday night time. “In the identical incident, a second sufferer suffered life-altering gunshot accidents and is at present being handled at a trauma centre within the GTA.”

Police sources stated the second sufferer was shot throughout a carjacking and the suspect then drove to Halton Area the place sources say he allegedly shot his boss at a mechanic store in Milton together with two different employees.

Police confirmed one individual was killed in that incident.

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The suspect then headed to Hamilton the place Halton police fatally shot him in a cemetery, main the SIU to invoke its mandate.

Toronto Police Chief James Ramer confirmed throughout a joint information convention on Monday night time that Hong, who served in Site visitors Companies, died at 48 years of age.

Const. Hong is survived by his spouse, two kids and his mother and father.

“I dedicated to his household that they are going to have the complete help of the Toronto Police Service day by day going ahead,” Ramer stated. “That is devastating information for his household and for all members of the Toronto Police Service and our whole policing group. We’ll lean on one another whereas we work to help Const. Hong’s household and one another in our grief.”

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Added Toronto Police Affiliation president Jon Reid: “Shedding a member within the line of responsibility has rippling results throughout our membership, and throughout the broader policing group and our metropolis.

“Policing is an honourable skilled, it’s a heroic career. Our members go to work every day in service to others, typically placing themselves in hurt’s approach. At present is a stark reminder of how this work may end up in members paying the last word sacrifice. All of us owe Andrew our respect and gratitude.”

Halton Regional Police Chief Stephen Tanner known as it an “extraordinarily tragic day.”

Tanner stated together with the one that was declared lifeless on the scene in Milton, one other was in important situation and one other in severe situation.

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In a heart-wrenching second late Monday night time, Toronto Police’s Site visitors Companies motorbike unit did a “lacking man” processional to escort Hong’s physique to the coroner’s workplace. Most of the officers who earlier within the day had been coaching alongside Hong had been a part of this emotional tribute to their fallen colleague. They had been joined by surrounding police companies members.

Late Monday afternoon, an Emergency Alert was issued and later cancelled when Halton cops stated the suspect was in custody.

Premier Doug Ford tweeted concerning the violence.

“Like all Ontarians, I’m horrified by at present’s mindless violence, together with the killing of a Toronto police officer,” Ford stated. “I’m so grateful to legislation enforcement for bringing this example to an finish. Might justice for these killed and injured be swift.”

Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie stated in a press release she was in “utter shock and devastated in mild of at present’s lethal gun assaults” and added “my ideas are with the victims in hospital and their households, and I pray for his or her fast and full restoration.”