A 28-year-old O.P.P. officer was shot and killed while on duty in Ohsweken Tuesday afternoon and two suspects have been taken into custody. Const. Ed Sanchuk told reporters Tuesday evening a Haldimand County OPP officer was in the area of Indian Line and Concession 14 Walpole when they came across a vehicle in a ditch. The scene of the shooting is just west of Ojibway Road, about five minutes west of Hagersville. He said the officer, who served with the OPP for a little more than a year, was shot during that interaction. The circumstances leading up to the shooting weren’t immediately clear. Sanchuk said the officer was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died.
An emergency alert was issued in Ohsweken and surrounding communities, saying two suspects were believed to be armed and that residents should shelter in place. However, that alert was later dropped after the two people were arrested. In the alert, OPP officers identified the male suspect as 25-year-old Randall McKenzie. An unidentified female suspect was also sought by officers. OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique identified the officer as Const. Grzegorz (Greg) Pierzchala. Chief Mark B. Hill with the Six Nations of the Grand River Elected Council shared his condolences and called what happened a “senseless act of violence.”
