Man found guilty of murder, attempted murder of Ontario police officers [Video]

A man accused of fatally shooting an Ontario Provincial Police officer and wounding two others while they conducted a wellness check was found guilty of murder and other charges Saturday.

Alain Bellefeuille was convicted on one count of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder in connection with a May 11, 2023, shooting that left OPP Sgt. Eric Mueller dead.

The verdict was delivered by a jury in Superior Court in L’Orignal, Ont.

Bellefeuille was automatically sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years for the first-degree murder charge. Two 20-year prison sentences for each attempted murder charge will be served concurrently.

He also faces a lifetime prohibition from owning or using a firearm.

Prosecutors said Mueller and the other two officers, constables Mark Lauzon and François Gamache-Asselin, were shot when they responded to a report of a disturbance at a home in Bourget, east of Ottawa. Mueller later died in hospital.

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