BODY OF SLAIN OPP OFFICER RETURNS HOME
The body of Sgt. Eric Mueller, the Ontario Provincial Police officer killed during the shooting in Bourget Thursday, May 11, returned home Saturday as his police force colleagues, first-responders and members of the public stood by to honour the husband and father of two.
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police officers standing to attention in the bright afternoon sun, a procession of police vehicles escorted Mueller’s casket, draped in an Ontario flag, into Théo Burnet Funeral Home as dozens more residents lined Rockland’s Laurier Street.
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fire trucks, travelled from the Ottawa Hospital’s General Campus, where Mueller was taken after being shot, arriving in Clarence-Rockland around
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gathering on overpasses along the route.
Through his Twitter account, OPP Commissioner
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he one of our protectors, but he was also one of our neighbours, friends, colleagues,” said Leroux
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“The procession of Sgt. Mueller through
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the force reminds us how important it is to come together and support one another.”
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killed after police responded to a call reporting gunfire at a residence in Bourget. Mueller and two other officers were struck after an individual in the
home shot at the responding officers.
All three were taken to the Ottawa Hospital where Mueller later died from his injuries. One officer remains in hospital. The other was released
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Mueller leaves behind a wife and two children. Police arrested Alain Bellefeuille, 39, and charged him with one count of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. He remains in
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A police funeral will be held for Mueller at the
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details to follow.