TORONTO — A Toronto police officer was shot and killed Thursday by a suspect linked to the investigation of an attack that damaged the facade of the U.S. Consulate in the Canadian city in March, police said.
One suspect was in custody at a hospital while officers searched for a second suspect, Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw said at a news conference.
Canadian police had said in March that two individuals emerged from a white Honda RV SUV at around 4:30 a.m. and fired multiple shots at the consulate building before fleeing. The shooting damaged the outside of the building but did not cause any injuries.
The consulate attack in March followed heightened tensions over the war launched by the U.S. and Israel against Iran in late February, and it had followed gunfire attacks on two Toronto-area synagogues the previous weekend.
