A man accused of ambushing three local officers has been identified as 28-year-old Michael Parker, according to the Lorain County coroner. Meanwhile, the three officers who were shot remain hospitalized, with two in serious condition.
Parker — whose last known address was in Lorain — is accused of shooting in an ambush three Lorain officers on Wednesday afternoon.
As other officers swooped in, the 28-year-old suspect was killed in an exchange of gunfire. However, officials could not confirm whether the suspect was shot and killed by officers or whether he died by suicide.
The coroner tells the FOX 8 I-Team an autopsy will take place on Thursday.
Lorain’s Acting Police Chief Michael Failing told reporters on Wednesday that a gunman was “laying in wait” with an “arsenal of weapons” and opened fire on two Lorain police officers — 35-year-old Phillip Wagner and 51-year-old Peter Gale — who had parked side-by-side in their patrol cars to have lunch.
A third officer, 47-year-old Brent Payne, who responded to help was also shot.
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