Authorities: Ohio Police Officer Killed after Being ‘Ambushed’ on Disturbance Call; Suspect Sought
12th May 2024
An Ohio police officer was shot and killed after being “ambushed” while answering a disturbance call over the weekend, and a suspect was being sought, authorities said Sunday.
Police in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid said officers were dispatched just before 10 p.m. Saturday to a home due to a reported disturbance.
“While police were investigating, a gunman ambushed an officer, striking him with gunfire,” police said. The officer, whose name wasn’t immediately released, was taken to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries, police said.
Euclid Ohio, as of the 2020 Census, is 30% white and 64% black.