Two Ohio Police Officers Killed Responding to 911 Hangup Call, Officials Say
“As they went into the apartment they were immediately met with gunfire,
and both officers were shot,” Chief Morbitzer said at a news conference on Saturday afternoon.
Two police officers in a city near Columbus, Ohio, were shot
and killed Saturday while responding to a 911 hangup call involving potential domestic abuse, the authorities said.
“I mean, the police have been here several times for mild disturbances, but not really close to where this happened.”
Chief Morbitzer said there had been an outpouring of support from around the country.
Ms. Garrabrant and her husband, Karl Garrabrant, a retired fire chief for nearby Minerva Park, did not hear any gunfire, she said.
All you can do is pray at this point,” a resident, Charline Garrabrant, 75, said in a phone interview.
He was wounded when the officers returned fire and was taken to a hospital, Christa
Dickey, a spokeswoman for the city of Westerville, said in a phone interview.
“These were two of the best we had,” the chief said.
