Police, city officials shocked and reeling after shooting death of Toronto police officer
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Officials from Toronto police and other city agencies say they are still reeling Tuesday morning, after an officer was killed in what police described as an unprovoked and deadly "ambush" Monday afternoon.
Toronto Police Association president Jon Reid told CBC News that he and police Chief James Ramer delivered that grim news to the family of Const. Andrew Hong.
"Probably one of the hardest things that I've ever done," Reid said on CBC Radio's Metro Morning Tuesday.
"I think all police officers know [when] they put on their uniform in the morning, they go to work — in the back of their minds there's always that possibility that something could happen, they could get hurt, injured, possibly be killed. But for it to actually happen, to call it tragic doesn't even scratch the surface."
The 48-year-old is survived by his wife, two teenage children and his parents.
Ramer said Hong — who was a 22-year veteran and a member of the traffic services division — was an outstanding member of the service and an outstanding person.
"It's very difficult. Andrew was such a loved guy," Ramer said Tuesday morning. "I think just the sudden tragic circumstances — it's hard to understand."
Peel police are co-ordinating a multi-jurisdictional investigation into Hong's death as well as one other person who was killed and three others injured in a series of shootings Monday across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.
WATCH | Police chief remembers Hong:
The chase for the suspect ended about two hours after the first of two reported shootings when Ontario's police watchdog says officers shot the man, who had been tracked down to a Hamilton cemetery.
The Special Investigations Unit says their probe will focus partly on the cemetery and four officers who were involved in the incident.
They say they notified the alleged suspect's next-of-kin last night and are awaiting an autopsy. They have assigned seven investigators and two forensic investigators to the case.
Reid told CBC News that Hong was a very skilled motorcycle rider, and he was hosting training as an instructor on the day he was killed.
Hong was "very well-liked by his colleagues" and a "consummate professional," he said, adding that his family is "devastated.
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