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Wife of Belleville police officer critically injured in shooting outside synagogue releases statement
A Belleville police officer is critically injured after a shooting outside a synagogue, with his wife publicly pledging support for his recovery.
- Const. Jeff Smith was critically injured after Sean Ward allegedly opened fire near the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ont., during a Yom Kippur service.
- The Ontario Special Investigations Unit is investigating what led Smith and another officer to fire their weapons, and confirmed that Ward later died.
- Ashley Smith called the shooting “the scariest and darkest day” of her family’s life.
- The synagogue called Smith a hero, while an online fundraiser for Smith and his family raised just under $400,000.
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Officer injured in Belleville synagogue shooting faces 'long, difficult' road ahead, wife says
The wife of a Belleville police officer who was wounded Sunday night during a shooting outside of a local synagogue is breaking her silence on what she describes as “the scariest and darkest day” of her family’s life. “I don’t know where to begin,” Ashley Smith, the wife of Const. Jeff Smith, wrote in a […]
·Toronto, Canada
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‘We will fight with him’: Wife of Belleville police officer critically injured in shooting outside synagogue releases statement
The wife of a police officer who was critically injured in a shooting outside a synagogue in Belleville, Ont. on Sunday evening says that her husband has “very long, difficult road ahead.”
·Toronto, Canada
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