{"id":732143,"date":"2026-06-12T14:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/732143\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T14:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:45:10","slug":"tributes-pour-in-for-toronto-officer-shot-in-line-of-duty-as-police-continue-search-for-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/732143\/","title":{"rendered":"Tributes pour in for Toronto officer shot in line of duty as police continue search for suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A search continues for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Toronto police officer as tributes pour in for Const. Marc Pinizzotto.<\/p>\n

The 43-year-old died after being shot at a fourth-floor apartment building Thursday, as officers carried out an investigation into multiple shootings, including one at the U.S. Consulate in March.<\/p>\n

Police say 19-year-old Nicholas Bennett faces a first-degree murder charge<\/a>, while a second suspect, 19-year-old Zara Jabbi, is on the loose.<\/p>\n

PHOTOS | Toronto officer shot and killed in the line of duty:<\/p>\n

Hundreds of officers stood shoulder to shoulder, some wiping tears from their eyes in a procession Thursday that saw Pinizzotto’s body taken from Sunnybrook hospital to the office of the chief coroner.<\/p>\n

There have been tributes from a number of officials, including Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and Prime Minister Mark Carney.<\/p>\n

At the House of Commons Thursday, legislators began question period by grieving the fallen officer, saying Ottawa was supporting the investigation into his killing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

WATCH | PM Carney pays tribute to 2 fallen Ontario officers:\"\"<\/p>\n

‘We’re in their debt forever’: Carney grieves deaths of 2 Ontario police officers<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Mark Carney said ‘it was with very heavy heart the day began’ on Thursday after Toronto’s Const. Marc Pinizzotto died in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect, an incident that followed the death of OPP Const. Tarun Bali on Tuesday. ‘The country [mourns] with their families, their loved ones, their fellow officers, their communities,’ Carney said.<\/p>\n

Mayor Chow, who said she\u2019s known Pinizzotto\u2019s mother for years, said she was grateful for the constable\u2019s service, and his family\u2019s grief was shared by the people of Toronto. <\/p>\n

Premier Ford extended his condolences to Pinizzotto’s family and colleagues, saying in a post on X that the shooting was “a sobering reminder of the sacrifices and risks faced by police officers across Ontario every day as they work to keep our province safe.”<\/p>\n

Several Toronto city councillors and Greater Toronto Area police services also released statements paying tribute to Pinizzotto Thursday.<\/p>\n

Pinizzotto’s death came days after Ontario Provincial Police Const. Tarun Bali was struck and killed by a vehicle near the northern Ontario town of Hearst, east of Thunder Bay. A procession transporting Bali to a funeral home in Thornhill was scheduled for Friday morning.<\/p>\n

The CN Tower said its bright lights were expected to dim for the first five minutes of every hour on Thursday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-732143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/732144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}