Jury selection is expected to begin today in the trial of a man accused of killing a Toronto police officer nearly three years ago.
Umar Zameer is charged with first-degree murder in the the death of Const. Jeffrey Northrup.
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Northrup, 55, died on July 2, 2021 after being struck by a vehicle as he was responding to a report of a robbery in a parking lot at Toronto City Hall.
Another plainclothes officer was also injured.
Northrup was a 31-year veteran of the Toronto Police Service.
Zameer was granted bail in the fall of 2021, but the reasons for the decision and evidence presented in court are covered by a standard publication ban.
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