Three Ohio police were shot, two multiple times, after a gunman opened fired on two of them as they ate a pizza lunch in their patrol cars. The white gunman (28), who police said was fatally shot at the scene, had an "arsenal" of weapons and was "was lying in wait" when he opened fire on the pair of parked patrol vehicles around 1:05 PM. Two police officers had bought a pizza and were parked side-by-side in their patrol cars at the dead end of Missouri Avenue when the gunman, who was also parked at the dead end, opened fire. One of those officers was shot in the hand and the second was shot multiple times. A third officer who heard the call for help and was driving to assist was also shot multiple times. The two officers shot multiple times were flown to a hospital in Cleveland and are in critical condition.
Every eleven minutes, someone in the US is murdered with a firearm. Firearms licenses in Ohio in 2021: 208,661. 40% of adults have at least one firearm at home in the Buckeye State. In an average year, 1,728 people die and 3,526 are wounded by guns in Ohio. These are wartime casualty rates without a foreign invader.
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3 officers injured after gunman opens fire in 'ambush situation' in Ohio: Police
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... The suspect had parked at a dead end of an undeveloped industrial park in Lorain, located in northeast Ohio, and had an "arsenal of weapons with him," Acting Lorain Police Chief Michael Failing said at a press briefing Wednesday. ...
"He was laying in wait and opened fire with multiple rounds at both of the officers who were sitting in their vehicles," Failing said.
A third Lorain officer who responded to a call for additional officers, 47-year-old Brent Payne, was then shot multiple times in his patrol vehicle, Failing said.
Additional officers who responded to the scene helped treat their wounded fellow officers and drove them to an area hospital, according to Failing. ...
The suspect, described as a 28-year-old man, was shot on the scene and pronounced dead, Failing said.
Police have not released the name of the suspect. ...
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