Mayor Says 3 Officers Were Wounded and a Person Is Dead After a Shooting in Lorain, Ohio
LORAIN, OHIO, JUL 23 – Two officers were critically wounded and airlifted to a Cleveland trauma center after a suspect ambushed Lorain police officers responding to a shots fired call, officials said.
- Three police officers in Ohio were shot during a lunch break when a gunman opened fire while they were eating pizza in their patrol cars, according to authorities.
- Acting Lorain Police Chief Michael Failing described the incident as an ambush, stating that the suspect was lying in wait with an arsenal of weapons.
- Two officers are critically injured and were life-flighted to Metro Health Hospital, as reported by officials.
- The shooting resulted in the death of the shooter, who was pronounced deceased at the scene, according to Failing.
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The 28-year-old attacker was shot at the scene after shooting at officers who had lunch in their patrols.
Suspect accused of ambushing 3 Ohio officers had ‘arsenal of weapons,’ officials say
LORAIN, Ohio (WJW) — An armed man lying in wait on a dead-end street in Ohio shot and wounded three Ohio police officers on Wednesday, officials said. The initial shooting took place after two of the officers had parked their patrol vehicles to eat lunch in an undeveloped industrial park in the city of Lorain, about 25 miles west of Cleveland. An officer driving into the scene in response to their call for help was also shot and seriously injure…
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