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Rifle seized at scene of Sgt. Eric Mueller’s killing was lawfully owned, says accused’s lawyer The rifle seized from the home of accused cop killer Alain Bellefeuille was lawfully owned, and he called 911 to report shots fired after people entered his home with flashlights around 2 a.m. on May 11, ...

Soleiman Faqiri's family hopes November inquest into his death will offer answers The family of a mentally ill man who died in an Ontario jail cell in 2016 expressed hope on Friday that a provincial inquest set to start later this year will provide answers about his death. Soleiman Faqiri died on D...

Fatal Bourget shooting brings police safety concerns to the fore Sgt. Eric Mueller was shot and killed last week responding to a report of a gunshot The killing of an Ontario Provincial Police officer in a small eastern Ontario community earlier this month has experts wondering how to make policing...

Death rate among on-duty police officers fallen since 1960s, new data shows, with car crashes top cause National police association agrees officer death rate lower than past but says stats don't tell whole story In the days after an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was shot and killed on Dec...

Shooting that killed an OPP officer in Bourget was not an ‘ambush,’ accused’s lawyers say Alain Bellefeuille, 39, is charged with one count of first-degree murder in the shooting of 42-year-old Sgt. Eric Mueller, and two counts of attempted murder after a tragic shooting that took place on May 11. ...

Accused cop killer's lawyers say Sgt. Eric Mueller's death 'was not an ambush' The lawyers for the man accused of killing Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Eric Mueller say the officer was not ambushed, contradicting the OPP commissioner's description of the incident. Lawyers John Hale and Cassandra R...

Shooting that killed OPP officer in Bourget was not an ambush: accused man's lawyers TORONTO — The lawyers for a man accused of killing an Ontario Provincial Police officer and injuring two others are disputing the characterization of the shooting in Bourget, Ont., as an ambush. Alain Bellefeuille,...

Fatal shooting of OPP officer was no ambush, say lawyers for accused Alain Bellefeuille has been charged with killing Sgt. Eric Mueller, injuring 2 other officers Lawyers for the man accused of killing an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer east of Ottawa say the shooting was not an "ambus...

Nine police officers in Canada have been slain since last September. The big question is why now? The police are representatives of social order and are unfortunately being targeted not as mere individuals, but for what they represent or embody, says one sociology professor. When OPP Commissioner T...

Soleiman Faqiri's family expects 'full story' of his death in Ontario jail cell as province sets inquest 30-year-old with mental illness died from restraint, injuries from struggle with guards Nearly seven years after police told them their son would never come home, the family of Soleiman Faqiri m...

Special Investigations Unit says police encountered 66-year-old in school parking lot in Kirkland Lake; 'The man refused to drop the weapon, and an interaction ensued' The province’s Special Investigations Unit is probing the death of a 66-year-old man in Kirkland Lake who was shot and killed by OP...

Officer deaths make recruitment difficult: police chiefs association TORONTO — Recent deaths of on-duty police officers will make recruiting new officers more challenging, an association representing police chiefs in Ontario said after an officer was fatally shot in a village east of Ottawa on Thur...

Six Ontario police officers have been killed since September. These are their names The death of OPP Sergeant Eric Mueller this morning brings the count of police officers who have died in Ontario to a whopping six in just a few short months. Since Sept. 12, six officers have been killed while on-d...

Alain Bellefeuille, 39, charged with 1st-degree murder, 2 counts of attempted murder More details are emerging about the suspect in the Thursday killing of a police officer in the eastern Ontario community of Bourget. One Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was shot dead and two others were inj...

One charged with murder in death of OPP officer, two more wounded in early morning 'ambush' in rural Bourget Court documents show that Alain Bellefeuille has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Sgt. Eric Mueller An Ontario Provincial Police officer was killed and two others were s...