An 18-year-old man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder after an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was killed in the line of duty in a small northern community.
Const. Tarun Bali was seriously injured on June 9 while conducting an investigation near the town of Hearst, Ont., 260 kilometres northwest of Timmins. The 29-year-old officer was later pronounced dead.
The suspect had escaped from a hospital, where he was undergoing evaluation in accordance with the Mental Health Act, OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique told reporters during an evening press briefing. Officers were trying to apprehend the man when he allegedly hit Bali with a vehicle at roughly 12:30 p.m….