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Hundreds of thousands of drivers every day cross two bridges in the southwest that have been renamed after two Edmonton Police Service officers who were killed in the line of duty a year ago.
Cons. Travis Jordan, 35, and Const. Brett Ryan, 30, was killed in an apartment building near Westmount Mall on March 16, 2023.
On Monday, Transport Minister Devin Dreeshen announced that two bridges on the southwest leg of Anthony Henday Drive had been renamed, effective immediately, after the officers.
On the recently widened bridge between the Cameron Heights and Terwillegar areas, the eastbound span will be named after Jordan, who was born to the east in Digby, Nova Scotia.
The westbound span will be named after Ryan, who was born in Edmonton and lived in Spruce Grove.
Memorial signs with the names of the fallen officers will be placed at the ends of each bridge.
Southwest Anthony Henday Drive straddles the North Saskatchewan River as seen from a Global 1 news helicopter on Friday, June 23, 2023.
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The officers were fatally shot while responding to a family domestic violence call at Baywood Apartments – a large collection of three-story red brick walk-ups at 114th Avenue and 132nd Street, just off Groat Road in the Inglewood neighborhood.
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The situation was described as a hideout.
The shooter was a 16-year-old boy who also shot his mother. She was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries but survived. The 16-year-old died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The investigation revealed that the gun used in the shooting had also been used days earlier in a shooting at a nearby Pizza Hut.
Rich Albert suffered a traumatic brain injury after he was shot in the left side of the head on March 12, 2023, while helping with a late night pizza delivery at the takeout restaurant.
Edmonton police said the motive for both shootings will never be known.
To honor and remember Ryan and Jordan one year after their deaths, their names were added to the EPS book of remembrance and a private service was held by EPS members.
Chief McFee said their names will be added to the memorial at Constable Ezio Faraone Park in downtown Edmonton.
The City of Spruce Grove announced earlier this year that it will name a new hockey arena after Ryan, who lived in the community, had a love of hockey from a young age and later became a coach and mentor in the city to the west from Edmonton.
— With files from Caley Gibson, Global News
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