A police officer in Toronto was shot and killed on Thursday while executing a search warrant at an apartment linked to a string of shootings, including one at the U.S. consulate. File Photo by Justin Lane/EPA-EFE
June 11 (UPI) -- A Toronto police officer was killed on Thursday during a raid linked to a string of shootings, including one in March at a U.S. consulate.
Marc Pinizzotto of the Toronto Police Service's Emergency Task Force was shot while executing a search warrant at an apartment complex early Thursday and later died after being rushed to the hospital, police officials said in a statement.
The warrant is one of a series that were executed by TPS on Thursday that are connected to a string of shootings in the city, including at the building where Pinizzotto was shot, as well as in March at the U.S. consulate there.
The shooting at the consulate, which has been the scene of several protests in recent years, resulted in no injuries, though no suspects had since been arrested.
