{"id":63883,"date":"2018-02-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.noticel.com\/english\/mundo\/20180211\/2-ohio-police-officers-killed-after-responding-to-911-hang-up-call\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T07:46:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T07:46:05","slug":"2-ohio-police-officers-killed-after-responding-to-911-hang-up-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noticel.com\/en\/noticias\/mundo\/20180211\/2-ohio-police-officers-killed-after-responding-to-911-hang-up-call\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Ohio police officers killed after responding to 911 hang-up call"},"content":{"rendered":"

The men were ambushed as they reached the site<\/i><\/p>\n

Two police officers died Saturday after being shot while responding to a 911 call that ended in a hang-up in Ohio, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The officers were shot as they entered an apartment in Westerville, Division of Police Chief Joe Morbitzer told reporters. Officers responded to what was a potential domestic situation, he said, but didn’t go into detail about the incident.<\/p>\n

One officer died on the scene and one died at the hospital, the chief said.<\/p>\n

They were identified as Eric Joering, 39, who had been with the department for 17 years, and Anthony Morelli, 54, who had served 30 years.<\/p>\n

‘Both officers gave their lives in the protection of others,’ Morbitzer said through tears. ‘Those are true American heroes.’<\/p>\n

A male suspect was wounded and hospitalized, police spokeswoman Christa Dickey said.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump tweeted his sympathy.<\/p>

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‘My thoughts and prayers are with the two police officers, their families, and everybody at the @WestervillePD,’ he wrote.<\/p>\n

Morbitzer said the officers were two of the best in his department.<\/p>\n

‘This was their calling and they did it right. They knew how to do policing the right way,’ he said. ‘They were pillars in our department.’<\/p>\n

Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who is from Westerville, pledged his support for the town and its police department.<\/p>\n

‘The finest among us are those who risk it all everyday for our safety, and Officers Anthony Morelli and Eric Joering were those people. Their deaths are a terrible tragedy,’ he said.<\/p>\n

Eleven US law enforcement officers have been killed by gunfire this year, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, a nonprofit dedicated to remembering those killed in the line of duty.<\/p>\n

That number includes Locust Grove, Georgia police officer Chase Maddox, who was killed Friday while serving a warrant. Two deputies were wounded.<\/p>\n

Westerville is a northern suburb of Columbus.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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