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Police chief to address Belleville, Ont., synagogue shooting
The police chief will outline the investigation after a shotgun attack left an officer critically injured and the suspect dead, officials said.
- Belleville Police Chief Murray Rodd is scheduled to hold a news conference today around 2 p.m. to address a shooting outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ontario.
- A man armed with a shotgun allegedly opened fire on Const. Jeff Smith on Sunday night as worshippers inside marked the start of Yom Kippur; the Canadian Armed Forces identified the suspect as 29-year-old Sean Ward, a former soldier.
- An exchange of gunfire between Ward and police left both seriously injured, with the suspect fatally wounded in hospital while Smith was transported in critical but stable condition.
- Roughly two dozen people inside the synagogue were unharmed during the incident, providing relief amid the violence outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue.
- Police have been examining the scene since Monday as Chief Rodd prepares today's briefing, offering public details on the incident that claimed one life and left a police officer hospitalized.
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The 29-year-old assailant approached the synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, on Sunday evening shortly before the beginning of the prayers and, according to investigators, opened the fire on a force placed in front of the building. According to the authorities, two police officers in front of the synagogue responded to the fire. The shooter died later in the hospital from his injuries. A policeman was seriously injured, but according to the report…
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