(The Canadian Press)
TORONTO — A veteran Toronto police officer who died after he was struck by a vehicle in what investigators deemed an “intentional and deliberate act” had recently returned to the major crimes unit after a stint training new officers, the police service said Friday.
Const. Jeffrey Northrup was killed early Friday morning in the parking garage at Toronto City Hall during an incident that also left another officer injured, said interim police Chief James Ramer, calling it a “senseless and devastating tragedy.”
Ramer said the 31-year veteran of the service was intentionally struck by a vehicle after responding to a 911 call for a robbery in progress. A female plainclothes officer was injured and sent to hospital but has since been released, he said.