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OPP officer and civilian dead after shooting on Manitoulin Island

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A long-time provincial police officer was killed Thursday in a shooting that also left a civilian dead in the tight-knit community of Manitoulin Island in Ontario’s Georgian Bay.

Const. Marc Hovingh worked out of the OPP detachment at Little Current and was responding to a call about an unwanted person.
The Special Investigations Unit says soon after officers arrived on the scene, they encountered the man and there was an interaction, as a result of that interaction, one OPP sustained a fatal gunshot wound. The man was also shot and was taken to hospital where he was also pronounced deceased.

Initial reports suggested a second officer was shot as well, but officials later said that’s not the case

 

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