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OPP officer killed, 2 others injured in shooting in eastern Ontario community

Ontario Provincial Police say one officer died and two others were injured after a shooting in a small community just outside of Ottawa.

Police said that just after 2 a.m. on Thursday, officers from the Russell County OPP detachment were called to a home on Laval Street in Bourget, Ont., about 50 kilometres east of Ottawa, after someone reported a disturbance and said they heard a gunshot.

Three officers had arrived at the home and were all shot by a person at the home, police said.

All three were taken to a hospital in Ottawa where one of the officers later died.

OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique named the officer killed in the line of duty as Sgt. Eric Mueller.

The other two officers are still in hospital recovering, police said.

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“Our thoughts are with the officers, their families and colleagues,” Carrique said.

A suspect has been taken into custody and there is no risk to public safety, investigators said.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford called the news of the shooting “devastating.”

“My thoughts are with his family and friends. Please join me in praying for his fellow officers as we await word on their condition. May God bless our heroes in uniform,” Ford said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also tweeted saying, “I’m sending my deepest condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of OPP Sergeant Eric Mueller, who was killed in the line of duty, and I’m keeping the two injured officers in my thoughts.”

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