'CLOSE CALL': Two cops stabbed taking down Mimico bank robbery suspects
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These bank robbery suspects may have put two cops in hospital but the wounded officers still managed to put the alleged armed bandits in handcuffs.
One of the officers was stabbed in the abdomen in the process.
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He still managed to complete the arrest.
“This was a very dangerous situation,” Chief James Ramer said Friday night.
The Chief along with Toronto Police Association President Jon Reid and Vice President Brian Callanan visited the two 22 Division officers in hospital.
One officer suffered a serious stab wound, the other had cuts to his fingers and hand and also suffered a hip injury and bruises.
“Both could have been killed,” Reid said.
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Ramer concurred.
“It was a very close call,” the Chief said.
This all unfolded shortly after 7 p.m Friday near Lake Shore Blvd W. and Allen Ave.
Two plainclothes officers working on another investigation in the area responded to a bank robbery involving two men armed with knives.
“They were nearby when they got the call,” said Ramer, explaining initial contact was made inside the bank where one officer apprehended suspect.
He said another suspect fled the bank on foot but the second officer gave chase and took him into custody after a violent struggle.
Insp. Andy Singh, who spoke to reporters at the scene, said the two men who were arrested are believed to be responsible for multiple robberies in Etobicoke.
There was no immediate word on charges and the suspects names were not released Friday.
Two knives were reportedly recovered.
Ramer and Reid said the officers are both in good spirits.
However, it was lost on no one how close this could have come to an officer being killed in the line of duty.
“What happened here underscores the dangers of policing and illustrates how quickly things can turn deadly,” said Reid.
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Thankfully this was averted here.
“Both are going to be okay,” said Ramer. “One of the officers will be treated and sent home and the other one will stay in hospital over night just to be sure there’s no internal damage because of the stab wound.”
The Chief also thank the Toronto paramedics and hospital staff who treated the wounded cops as well as officers from different divisions who responded to the scene.
Ramer also praised the injured officers for making the arrests under difficult circumstances.
“This was great work,” he said. “I am very proud of them, as I am of all of the work our officers do each and every day.”
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