We’re learning more about the border guard who was shot in the neck yesterday afternoon at the Peace Arch border crossing.
The woman is Lori Bowcock, who worked up until the spring with the Ontario Provincial Police.
“She worked at the provincial communication centre located in London, Ontario, as a dispatcher. And she was also a member of the Middlesex OPP auxiliary unit.”
Sgt. Peter Leon with the OPP did not have any personal information, such as her age or how long she had worked there.
A man driving a white van had approached Bowcock’s booth at the border crossing yesterday, and shot himself.
She was also hit and was airlifted to hospital. She is now in stable condition.
Police are on scene on both sides of the border, which will remain closed until 4 p.m.
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