He promised to share more details as they became available, but asked for the public's patience while police investigate. Unfortunately, they were both declared deceased at the hospital."
"The two members were rushed to the hospital by our own members who worked valiantly to save their lives en route. "At this time, all indications are they did not have a chance to discharge their firearms," McFee said. Upon arrival, the two patrol members went inside the building, approached the suite, and were shot by a male subject. this morning, Constables Jordan and Ryan of our west division responded to a family dispute in an apartment building near the area of 114 Avenue and 132 Street. KNOWN DETAILSĪs EPS was called to Edmonton's Inglewood neighbourhood shortly after midnight, the investigation into the officers' deaths is still in the early stages.īut McFee provided what detail he said was available as of late Thursday morning. This is a time where we lean in and lean on each other," McFee said, speaking at Edmonton Police Service's downtown headquarters. We know that their family and friends, their EPS family and our entire community will be profoundly impacted by this incident but we must all be there for each other. "Constables Jordan and Ryan were valued members of our EPS family and they worked side by side with us every day in service to our community and I can't tell you how devastated we are with their loss. Jordan had served with EPS for eight-and-a-half years, and Ryan five-and-a-half years. He identified the members as 35-year-old Const. when Edmonton's police chief spoke about the incident for the first time.ĭale McFee called the deaths of two west-end patrol members an "unthinkable and horrific tragedy." One person – a female of unknown age – is in hospital with life-threatening injuries but was in stable condition as of 10 a.m. The male suspect is also dead from what investigators believe is a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Two Edmonton Police Service patrol officers were killed while responding to a domestic dispute call early Thursday morning, the city's police service has confirmed.
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