OPP officer dead, two others injured in shooting in eastern Ontario

An Ontario Provincial Police officer is dead and two others are injured after a shooting in a village east of Ottawa early Thursday morning.

Officers from the OPP Detachment in Russell County were called to a home on Laval St. in Bourget around 2 a.m. Thursday morning for reports of a gunshot.

When police arrived at the scene, three separate responding officers were shot. All three officers were taken to hospital where one has since died of their injuries.

1/3 Shortly after 2:00 am on May 11, 2023, officers from the Russell County OPP Detachment were dispatched to a disturbance at a home on Laval Street in Bourget, where someone had reported hearing a gunshot.

— OPP East Region (@OPP_ER) May 11, 2023

OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique has identified the deceased officer as 42-year-old OPP Sgt. Eric Mueller.

Police say the other two officers were transported to hospital where one remains undergoing treatment. The other officer has been released and continues to recover at home.

“Our thoughts are with the officers, their families and colleagues,” Carrique said.

It is with an extremely heavy heart that I regretfully advise that OPP Sgt. Eric Mueller has been killed in the line of duty. We anxiously await for further word on his fellow officers who are still at hospital. Our thoughts are with the officers, their families and colleagues.

— Thomas Carrique (@OPPCommissioner) May 11, 2023

Police say a 39-year-old male resident of the home has been taken into custody and there is no risk to public safety.

Mueller is the fifth officer to be fatally shot in the province since September.