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An OPP officer has been killed, two others have injuries after an early morning shooting incident in a rural community in the Ottawa area. It happened...

A police officer responding to a disturbance at a home east of Ottawa died after being shot Thursday while two of his colleagues remained in hospital with injuries, Ontario Provincial Police said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said police are being killed in the line of duty far too often and it has to stop, following an early morning shooting just east of Ottawa on Thursday that left one Ontario Provincial Police officer dead and two others injured.

Speaking to reporters Thursday afternoon, OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique said Mueller was killed while "simply, selflessly serving his community."

An OPP officer was shot and killed in a community just east of Ottawa on Thursday.

What is known is that OPP Sgt. Eric Mueller is dead and two officers were seriously injured.

An Ontario Provincial Police officer who died early Thursday was "ambushed and shot'' along with two others when they arrived at a home east of Ottawa, the force said, as local residents expressed shock at the violence in their typically quiet commun

When they arrived, the officers were shot by someone at the home, police said. Police have arrested a 39-year-old male in connection to the shooting.

Officers were responding to reports of gunshots at a rural residence in the Canadian province

An OPP officer was shot and killed in a community just east of Ottawa on Thursday.