Crime | police shooting 2 Officers Killed While Investigating 911 Call in Ohio Suspect is in custody By Michael Harthorne Posted Feb 10, 2018 4:58 PM CST Copied Police investigate the scene of a shooting in Westerville, Ohio, on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. (Tom Dodge/The Columbus Dispatch via AP) Two Ohio police officers were killed in a shooting Saturday afternoon in a Columbus suburb, CBS News reports. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, someone called 911 from an address in Westerville around noon then hung up. Police chief Joe Morbitzer says officers Anthony Morelli and Eric Joering were "immediately met with gunfire" when they went to the address to investigate. Joering was killed at the scene, and Morelli later died at the hospital. The suspect was taken into custody, and an investigation into the shooting is ongoing. Mobitzer calls the 39-year-old Morelli and 54-year-old Joering "true American heroes." "We will miss both of these officers because they were pillars in our department," he says. "They knew how to do policing the right way, both of them." President Trump sent thoughts and prayers to the officers, their families, and the police department in a tweet. Read These Next Seth Meyers gets a taste of the Jimmy Kimmel treatment. Guardian recounts the last trip of an Alaskan crab boat. Teens on SSRIs may run the risk of long-term diminished libidos. Marjorie Taylor Greene says her feud has put a target on her back. Report an error