One Of Three Ohio Police Officers Shot In Ambush Dies

One of 3 Lorain, Ohio, constabulary officers shot Wednesday successful what authorities described arsenic an ambush has died, constabulary said Thursday.

Officer Phillip C. Wagner was eating pizza successful his parked patrol car pinch different patrol car adjacent to him astir 1:05 p.m. erstwhile a gunman, besides parked successful nan area, opened occurrence connected them, Lorain constabulary said.

Wagner, 35, was changeable aggregate times and he died Thursday astatine MetroHealth Medical Center successful Cleveland, constabulary said.

Two different officers were injured. The serviceman who was parked adjacent to Wagner was changeable successful nan hand, and an serviceman who drove to thief aft nan gunfire was besides changeable aggregate times, constabulary said.

The fishy was killed by officers successful an speech of gunfire, nan constabulary section successful nan neighboring metropolis of Elyria, which is conducting nan investigation, said Thursday.

Elyria constabulary identified nan fishy Thursday arsenic Michael Parker, 28, of Lorain. The constabulary section successful Elyria, a neighboring city, is conducting nan investigation because location was an officer-involved shooting.

Wagner served successful nan Marine Corps and was pinch nan Lorain Police Department for 7 years, Lorain constabulary said.

“Officer Wagner’s life and work to our metropolis will ne'er beryllium forgotten,” Lorain acting Police Chief Michael Failing said successful a statement.

In and astir Parker’s vehicle, constabulary recovered “multiple high-powered rifles, handguns, and a important value of loaded magazines,” Elyria constabulary said successful a connection Thursday.

There was besides “a important amount of improvised explosive materials wrong nan vehicle,” Elyria constabulary said.

The motive successful nan shooting remains nether investigation, nan section said. Lorain constabulary called nan shooting an ambush.

Gov. Mike DeWine ordered flags lowered to half-staff to admit Wagner.