Toronto police officer dies in raid linked to US consulate shooting
BBC • • world
Key Points:
- A Toronto police officer, Marc Pinizzotto, was shot and killed during a raid linked to a March shooting outside the US consulate in Toronto; he was pronounced dead in hospital after a gunfire exchange at a high-rise building.
- The raid targeted suspects connected to the consulate shooting, described as a "national security incident," with one suspect, 19-year-old Zara Jabbi, still at large and considered "armed and dangerous."
- Another suspect was wounded in the gunfire exchange and hospitalized with life-threatening injuries; their identity has not been disclosed.
- Pinizzotto had served 18 years with the Toronto Police, including five years on the Emergency Task Force, and was part of the team executing search warrants related to multiple shootings.
- US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra acknowledged Pinizzotto’s death at a Canada-US trade conference, highlighting the close law enforcement cooperation between the two countries and the inherent risks involved.