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An Ohio police officer was killed in the line of duty when a standoff with a man wanted for arson and vandalism turned violent.
Officer Brandon Stalker, 24, was fatally shot during a two-hour standoff Monday evening, according to a Toledo Police Department news release. Stalker leaves behind a fiancée and two young children, age 7 years old and age 3 months old, the department wrote on Facebook. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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The incident began shortly before 4 p.m. on Monday when officers on the Toledo Police Gang Task Force spotted a suspect wanted in the arson and vandalism of Rosary Cathedral earlier in the day, according to the news release.
Toledo Police Officer Brandon Stalker, 24, was shot and killed Monday when Christopher Harris, 27, emerged from a home with “a firearm in both hands and fired shots in multiple directions,” police said.
Just pray for us | Toledoans mourn fallen Ofc. Brandon Stalker with candlelight vigil
Scores of community members, police officers, family members and friends gathered at Stalker s alma mater, Whitmer High School, to pay tribute to the fallen officer. Author: Tyler Paley Updated: 9:14 AM EST January 20, 2021
TOLEDO, Ohio Brandon Stalker is being remembered not only as an officer, but as a man who aimed to serve in as many ways as he could.
At a candlelight vigil held Tuesday night, friends said he was a beloved member of the community. I lost my only son, Stalker s mother said, surrounded by more than 100 community members who shared in her pain. My son did his job and that s what he loved doing.
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