Canada’s public safety minister is one of several officials offering condolences after an Ontario Provincial Police constable was killed in the line of duty in northern Ontario.
Gary Anandasangaree says on social media he was saddened to hear of Const. Tarun Bali’s death in the town of Hearst, about 520 kilometres east of Thunder Bay.
OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique says Bali was struck by a motor vehicle Tuesday afternoon as officers were conducting an investigation and the 29-year-old later died.
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Carrique says an 18-year-old man has been arrested on charges of first-degree murder, dangerous driving and flight from police.
“Charges will be filed before the courts as the investigation continues, but those are the charges on which the accused has been arrested,” Carrique told reporters Tuesday.
The union representing uniformed and civilian members of the OPP, as well as Carrique and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, also shared tributes on social media.
Bali had been with the OPP for two-and-a-half years and was assigned to central Ontario’s Dufferin detachment, but was on a deployment with the James Bay detachment.
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