Partial list of recent police deaths
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:36 am
Here is a partial list of Canadian police officers killed violently in the line of duty in recent years:
— March 2, 2013: Const. Steve Dery, of the Kativik Regional Police Service, was shot and killed and another officer wounded while responding to a domestic dispute in the remote northern Quebec community of Kuujjuaq. The shooter was found dead inside the home.
— March 8, 2010: Ontario Provincial Police Const. Vu Pham was shot and killed after pulling over a pickup truck near London., Ont. The suspect, Fred Preston, was wounded in a shootout with police and died three days later.
— Dec. 29, 2009: Ottawa Const. Ireneusz (Eric) Czapnik was stabbed to death outside an Ottawa Hospital. A Mountie under suspension was arrested in the attack. In 2012, Kevin Gregson was found guilty of first-degree murder.
— Nov. 5, 2007: RCMP Const. Douglas Allen Scott died from a gunshot wound sustained while responding to a call for assistance involving an impaired driver at Kimmirut, Nunavut.
— Oct. 6, 2007: RCMP Const. John Worden sustained multiple gunshot wounds during a foot pursuit of a fleeing suspect, in Hay River, NWT.
— March 2, 2007: Laval police Det. Sgt. Daniel Tessier was fatally shot during a cocaine-trafficking investigation at a Montreal-area home.
— July 15, 2006: RCMP Const. Robin Cameron was killed in a shootout that happened after officers responded to a family dispute near Spiritwood, Sask. Const. Marc Bourdages died the next day. Const. Michelle Knopp was wounded in the incident.
— July 7, 2006: RCMP Constables Marc Joseph Denis Bourdages and Robin Lynelle Cameron died from gunshot wounds sustained while responding to a domestic dispute call near Mildred, Saskatchewan.
— Dec. 14, 2005: Laval, Que., Const. Valérie Gignac was shot after police responded to a call about an agitated suspect at an apartment building.
— May 5, 2006: Windsor, Ont., Senior Const. John Atkinson was shot and killed during a drug bust.
— March 3, 2005: RCMP Constables Anthony Fitzgerald Orion Gordon, Lionide (Leo) Nicholas Johnston, Brock Warren Myrol and Peter Christopher Schiemann were shot and killed by a deranged suspect near Mayerthorpe, Alta.
— Feb. 28, 2004: RCMP Cpl. James Wilbert Gregson Galloway was shot and killed while assisting the Edmonton Emergency Response Team in Spruce Grove, Alta.
— Feb. 28, 2004: RCMP Cpl. Jim Galloway was shot during a standoff at a home in Spruce Grove, Alta.
— Dec. 21, 2001: RCMP Const. Dennis Strongquill was killed by a motorist who opened fire when police pulled over his vehicle near Russell, Man.
— March 5, 2001: RCMP Const. Jurgen Seewald was shot after responding to a domestic dispute in Cape Dorse Nunavut.
— Dec. 21, 2001: RCMP Const. Dennis Strongquill was killed by a motorist who opened fire when police pulled over his vehicle near Russell, Man.
— June 4, 1980: RCMP A/Const. Dennis Lenard Fraser killed while attempting to stop a suspected impaired driver at Port Alberni, B.C.
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— March 2, 2013: Const. Steve Dery, of the Kativik Regional Police Service, was shot and killed and another officer wounded while responding to a domestic dispute in the remote northern Quebec community of Kuujjuaq. The shooter was found dead inside the home.
— March 8, 2010: Ontario Provincial Police Const. Vu Pham was shot and killed after pulling over a pickup truck near London., Ont. The suspect, Fred Preston, was wounded in a shootout with police and died three days later.
— Dec. 29, 2009: Ottawa Const. Ireneusz (Eric) Czapnik was stabbed to death outside an Ottawa Hospital. A Mountie under suspension was arrested in the attack. In 2012, Kevin Gregson was found guilty of first-degree murder.
— Nov. 5, 2007: RCMP Const. Douglas Allen Scott died from a gunshot wound sustained while responding to a call for assistance involving an impaired driver at Kimmirut, Nunavut.
— Oct. 6, 2007: RCMP Const. John Worden sustained multiple gunshot wounds during a foot pursuit of a fleeing suspect, in Hay River, NWT.
— March 2, 2007: Laval police Det. Sgt. Daniel Tessier was fatally shot during a cocaine-trafficking investigation at a Montreal-area home.
— July 15, 2006: RCMP Const. Robin Cameron was killed in a shootout that happened after officers responded to a family dispute near Spiritwood, Sask. Const. Marc Bourdages died the next day. Const. Michelle Knopp was wounded in the incident.
— July 7, 2006: RCMP Constables Marc Joseph Denis Bourdages and Robin Lynelle Cameron died from gunshot wounds sustained while responding to a domestic dispute call near Mildred, Saskatchewan.
— Dec. 14, 2005: Laval, Que., Const. Valérie Gignac was shot after police responded to a call about an agitated suspect at an apartment building.
— May 5, 2006: Windsor, Ont., Senior Const. John Atkinson was shot and killed during a drug bust.
— March 3, 2005: RCMP Constables Anthony Fitzgerald Orion Gordon, Lionide (Leo) Nicholas Johnston, Brock Warren Myrol and Peter Christopher Schiemann were shot and killed by a deranged suspect near Mayerthorpe, Alta.
— Feb. 28, 2004: RCMP Cpl. James Wilbert Gregson Galloway was shot and killed while assisting the Edmonton Emergency Response Team in Spruce Grove, Alta.
— Feb. 28, 2004: RCMP Cpl. Jim Galloway was shot during a standoff at a home in Spruce Grove, Alta.
— Dec. 21, 2001: RCMP Const. Dennis Strongquill was killed by a motorist who opened fire when police pulled over his vehicle near Russell, Man.
— March 5, 2001: RCMP Const. Jurgen Seewald was shot after responding to a domestic dispute in Cape Dorse Nunavut.
— Dec. 21, 2001: RCMP Const. Dennis Strongquill was killed by a motorist who opened fire when police pulled over his vehicle near Russell, Man.
— June 4, 1980: RCMP A/Const. Dennis Lenard Fraser killed while attempting to stop a suspected impaired driver at Port Alberni, B.C.
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Partial ... story.html