Hundreds of police and other emergency response officers from across the province marched the streets of Victoria on Sunday to mourn officers killed in the line of duty.
Murder charge laid in B.C. officer’s deathA 25-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of B.C. RCMP Const. Rick O’Brien. O’Brien is the 10th officer to be killed in the line of duty in the last 12 months.
But this year's march took on an even more sombre tone, coming two days after a Ridge Meadows RCMP officer was shot and killed. On Saturday, B.C.'s prosecution service approved charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder with a firearm against Nicholas Bellemare, 25, in relation to the incident.
"To the family and friends of Const. Rick O'Brien and the Coquitlam and Ridge Meadow detachments, we are deeply saddened by your immeasurable loss," Farnworth told officers, who were dressed in uniforms of multiple forces across the province. During the ceremony at the monument in Victoria, a member of the RCMP played trumpet in honour of fallen officers. Others fired rifles into the air in mourning, while some placed wreaths remembering deceased comrades.
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