Police procession underway for slain OPP officer


A police procession is underway for Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Const. Grzegorz “Greg” Pierzchala who was killed earlier this week close to Hagersville, Ont.


The procession departed from the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto at 9:00 a.m. and is travelling northbound on Freeway 400 to a funeral residence in Barrie.


Members of the general public are invited to indicate their respects from one of many many overpasses alongside the freeway.


A police funeral for Pierzchala will probably be held in Barrie on Jan. 4. The OPP mentioned particulars will probably be introduced as soon as they've been finalized.


Pierzchala, 28, was shot to dying Tuesday afternoon when responding to a name a couple of automobile in a ditch close to Hagersville, Ont.


Two suspects allegedly stole a automobile to flee the scene. They later ditched that automobile and fled the scene on foot, however officers have been capable of observe and arrest them close by.


Randall McKenzie, 25, from the Mississaugas of the New Credit score First Nation and Brandi Stewart-Sperry, 30, from Hamilton, have each been charged with first-degree homicide.


McKenzie and Stewart-Sperry appeared in a Cayuga court docket on Wednesday afternoon through video. They're each due again in court docket on Jan. 17.


Previous to his dying, Pierzchala had been with the OPP for over a 12 months. Initially of his shift on Tuesday, he had been notified of the profitable completion of his 10-month probationary interval with the drive.

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