VI News Staff 6 months ago

Police find suspect in fatal shooting of Ohio police officer in ‘ambush’ dead

CLEVELAND — An Ohio police officer investigating a call of a disturbance at a home was fatally shot Saturday night in what authorities described as an “ambush” by an alleged gunman who was found dead Sunday.

The shooting unfolded just before 10 p.m. local time in a residential area of Euclid, Ohio, about 15 miles northeast of Cleveland, Capt. Mitchell Houser, a spokesperson for the Euclid Police Department, said in a statement.

Houser said officers were called to a residence to investigate a disturbance.

“While police were investigating, a gunman ambushed an officer, striking him with gunfire,” Houser said.

The mortally wounded officer was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Houser said.

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