The two South Simcoe officers are the third and fourth police officers to be killed in Ontario in the last month.
Acting chief says slain officers were Const. Morgan Russell and Const. Devon NorthrupPolice and SIU investigators gather at the scene where two police officers were killed in Innisfil, Ont., on Oct. 12, 2022.The South Simcoe Police Service has identified the two slain officers as Const. Morgan Russell and Const. Devon Northrup.In a news release, South Simcoe police said its officers responded to a call at a home near 25th Sideroad and 9th Line shortly before 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
Const. Northrup, 33, was a six-year member of the service assigned to the community mobilization and engagement unit. He is survived by his partner, parents and close friends in the service, said Van Dyke. Michele Bannister has lived on the street for 26 years. She told CBC News that a couple lived in the home where the shooting occurred with their grandchildren, whom they raised. Bannister described the couple as "very good people." She says the 23-year-old shot dead by police was their grandson.
Kevin, a neighbour who CBC News agreed to only identify by his first name due to privacy concerns, said he first thought he was hearing fireworks Tuesday evening before he realized it was actually a half a dozen gunshots.Kevin says he saw police officers attending to injured people and watched as those people were taken off the street in ambulances.
Kristy Denette, a spokesperson for the SIU, said Wednesday that the watchdog won't be releasing the identity of the 23-year-old suspect.
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