WM Toronto cop dead after intentionally ran over by Arab name

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Man, 31, charged with first-degree murder in Toronto cop's slaying

Umar Zameer, 31, is accused of intentionally running down and killing Const. Jeffrey Northrup in the city hall parking garage Friday morning


Jul 02, 2021

A 31-year-old man faces a first-degree murder charge in Friday’s line-of-duty death of a veteran Toronto cop.


Late Friday afternoon, Toronto Police said Umar Zameer was charged with murder in the death of Const. Jeffrey Northrup, who was run down by a vehicle early Friday in a parking garage at Toronto City Hall in what Chief James Ramer described as deliberate.

“It’s very early in the investigation, but based on the evidence we have at this time … it was a deliberate and intentional act,” Ramer said during a Friday morning press conference.

A plainclothes officer with 52 Division, Northrup and his partner responded to a radio call concerning a priority robbery call in the parking garage sometime after midnight, Ramer said.

That was subsequently upgraded to a stabbing.

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Both officers were attached to the ongoing response to Canada Day events at City Hall, and were wearing their badges and identified themselves as police offices, Ramer said.
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While details of what happened next are still scarce, the suspect allegedly entered a vehicle when confronted by the officers and drove at them.

Northrup was treated at the scene by fellow officers and Toronto firefighters before paramedics rushed him to hospital where he later died.

A court-imposed publication ban prohibits police from revealing further information on Zameer, but cops did say no further suspects are outstanding.
 
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