Toronto shooting: Man kills cop, 1 other before being killed by police

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A man shot and killed a Toronto traffic police officer while he was on lunch break and killed another person and injured three others on Monday before police tracked the suspect down and killed him in a cemetery, officials said, reports The Associated Press

Authorities issued an emergency alert to phones saying they were investigating an active shooter following two shootings in Mississauga and Milton in the province of Ontario.

“He was getting food and coffee at Tim Horton’s,” Toronto Mayor John Tory said of the doughnut and coffee chain.

Tory told The Associated Press he met Constable Andrew Hong previously.

“He was a gentle giant,” he said.

Toronto Police Chief James Ramer said Hong of traffic services was shot at close range.

Hong, 48, was a 22-year veteran of the force. The married father of two was in Mississauga participating in a joint training exercise with Peel and York regional police.

“While on lunch break he was shot in an unprovoked, and may I say in an ambush attack,” Peel Region Police Chief Nishan Duraiappa said.