2 charged with murder in killing of Ontario police officer

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Published December 28, 2022 4:49 PM

HAGERSVILLE, Ontario (AP) — Canadian prosecutors have filed first-degree murder charges against two people arrested after an Ontario Provincial Police officer was shot to death while on duty. The charges Wednesday name 25-year-old Randall McKenzie and 20-year-old Brandi Crystal Lyn Stewart-Sperry. They are set for a court appearance Jan. 17. Police say Constable Grzegorz Pierzchalawas killed Tuesday while responding to a vehicle in a ditch just west of Hagersville, Ontario. Authorities have given no details on what happened in the shooting or speculated on a possible motive.

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