Ontario officer holds shooter at bay after being shot at Belleville synagogue
Constable Jeff Smith of the Belleville Police Service was shot with a shotgun while confronting a gunman outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, and continued to hold the attacker at bay until additional officers arrived, police said, according to CBS News. NBC News reported that a police officer and a civilian were wounded in the gunfire near the synagogue as the Jewish community observed Yom Kippur. The New York Post later identified the gunman as a 29-year-old former Canadian soldier who was shot dead by police after opening fire outside the synagogue, and said investigators were looking into a possible antisemitic motive.