Tributes pour in across Canada for Quebec police officer killed: “Sgt. Breau, rest easy”

Tributes continue to pour in for a veteran Quebec provincial police officer who was killed in the line of duty in Louiseville, Que., on Monday night. Sûreté du Québec Sgt. Maureen Breau was allegedly stabbed and then fell from the second storey of a building during an attempted arrest when police were called to a home in the province’s Mauricie region. Her death was pronounced at the hospital.

The 35-year-old suspect, whose identity has not been released, was later shot and killed by other officers who arrived on the scene. A second police officer was also wounded, though he is expected to recover. Quebec’s independent police watchdog has launched an investigation.

Breau, who was in her early 40s, had more than 20 years of experience on the job. She was also the mother of two children and her partner is also a police officer within the same force, according to provincial police.

“Sgt. Breau, rest easy: we will take over from here for you,” Gatineau police wrote on social media.

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