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06-Mar-01 - 12:05 PM
Thread Name: RCMP Police Officer shot, SAD
Subject: RE: RCMP Police Officer shot, SAD
From: "LansingConcreteGuy" To: Subject: RCMP Police Officer shot, SAD Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 01:17:44 -0400 Reply-to: cb-politics@cbnet.ns.ca
Well here is some sad news....It's not easy to be a policeman today and balance all we want and don't feel we want from them...A point on the other side of the fence....
RCMP officer shot and killed in Nunavut WebPosted Mon Mar 5 21:33:54 2001 CAPE DORSET, NUNAVUT - An RCMP officer responding to a domestic dispute in Nunavut was shot and killed on Monday after scuffling with the suspect.
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The Mounties identified the officer as 47-year-old Const. Jurgen Seewald.
"It is with great sadness that the RCMP confirms that one of its members was shot and fatally wounded this morning," said the RCMP in a news release.
Seewald, a 26-year veteran of the force, had been stationed in the hamlet of Cape Dorset since last fall.
He was one of only four RCMP officers who lived in the isolated community of 1,118 on the southwestern tip of Baffin Island.
RCMP Sgt. Mike Jeffrey said Seewald was alone when he responded to the call.
"There was an altercation with a suspect. As a result of that altercation, Const. Seewald was fatally wounded," Jeffrey said.
Seewald was taken to the hamlet's nursing station, where he died from his wounds a short time later.
Standoff ends peacefully
Jeffrey said 15 Mounties then surrounded the house where the suspect was barricaded alone inside.
"He's been contained in a residence. We're attempting to ensure that communication is being done so there's no further injuries," Jeffrey said. He wouldn't say if the suspect was armed.
Several hours later, the standoff ended when the man surrendered peacefully.
The shooting affected everyone in the tiny community. Schools, businesses and public buildings were shut down for the day and residents were told to stay inside.
The hamlet's radio station was broadcasting appeals to the man to give himself up.
Flags at the RCMP building in Iqaluit and at the Nunavut legislature were lowered to half-mast.
The Nunavut legislature ended its session early Monday afternoon after the territory's leader Paul Okalik issued a statement of condolences to Seewald's family and friends.
QUICK FACTS The Officer Down Memorial Page Web site lists 663 Canadian law enforcement officers as having died in the line of duty.
The listings include all causes of death - from shootings and stabbings, to vehicular accidents and heart attacks - and go back as far as 1867.
The cause of death that has claimed the most lives is gunfire. Two hundred and twenty officers have died from gunshot wounds in Canada.
The last officer shot to death while on duty was 49-year-old Pierre Rondeau, a federal Department of Corrections guard in Montreal.
In September 1997, Rondeau was driving a bus to pick up prisoners scheduled for hearings at a courthouse in Montreal when it was riddled with bullets apparently shot by a Quebec biker gang.
Const. Jurgen Seewald is the first to be killed in the line of duty in 2001.
Eight officers died in 2000.
In the U.S., 27 law enforcement officers have died on duty so far in 2001.
Last year, there were 147 fatalities.
Written by CBC News Online staff
Const. Jurgen Seewald David Michael Lamb reports for CBC Radio
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