Euclid police confirm death of officer Jacob Derbin

Euclid police, along with US Marshals and Shaker Heights police chief, address the media following the fatal shooting of a police officer.

Euclid police have confirmed to 3News that an officer died in the line of duty Saturday night.

Officers were responding to a disturbance in the 300 block of East 211th Street at approximately 9:56 p.m. While police investigated the call, a gunman shot the officer, in what was described as an "ambush," before leaving the scene.

The officer was taken to University Hospitals for treatment but he didn’t survive. In a statement, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost identified the officer as Jacob Derbin, a first-year officer with the Euclid Police Department.

"The killer who ambushed Officer Derbin will be found and will receive the full measure of justice," Yost said


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