FOG BLOG BREAKING NEWS LOG: TORONTO POLICE OFFICER RUN DOWN BY CAR IN CITY HALL PARKING GARAGE:

Toronto officer dead after being struck by vehicle in 'intentional and deliberate act,' police say.....Const. Jeffrey Northrup killed while investigating an incident with police partner......Toronto Const. Jeffrey Northrup was killed after being struck by a vehicle in what investigators are calling an "intentional and deliberate act" in the parking garage at city hall early Friday morning, police say.

"This event will have a profound impact on our service, on our city and all the members of the policing community," interim Toronto police Chief James Ramer told reporters at the scene later Friday morning.

Ramer said the incident happened shortly after midnight in the city hall parkade, located near Bay and Queen streets.

Northrup and his partner were responding to a 911 call for a robbery in progress when they were struck, Ramer said, noting both were dressed in plainclothes but could be identified by nametags around their necks.

Although Ramer said preliminary information on the events leading up to the incident is limited, he told reporters that the suspect was initially outside the vehicle when officers first approached him.

He also confirmed that there were other occupants in the vehicle with the suspect, but he wouldn't provide further details.

Northrup was transported without vital signs to nearby St. Michael's Hospital, where he died. His partner was transported to the same hospital, where she was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.