@cp24breakingnews: A police officer shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire at a North York apartment building on Thursday morning was part of a team executing search warrants in relation to multiple shootings in the city, including one at the U.S. Consulate. Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw confirmed the connection while speaking to reporters outside Sunnybrook Hospital on Thursday morning. According to police, officers were conducting a search warrant at a building on Martha Eaton Way, in the area of Black Creek and Trethewey drives, at around 5:40 a.m. when there was an exchange of gunfire and Const. Marc Pinizzotto was shot. He was rushed to hospital via emergency run but subsequently died of his injuries. #cp24 #cp24news #ontario #toronto