The Belleville, Ont., police department says Const. Jeff Smith has been released from hospital more than a month after he was shot and seriously injured in a shootout near a synagogue.
“Smith continues to make positive progress in his recovery. He has been released from hospital and is recovering well at home,” said Belleville police in a Thursday morning news release.
The officer and a colleague confronted a gunman who was trying to carry out a hate attack on the Sons of Jacob Synagogue on Sept. 20. Belleville’s police chief said Smith was shot several times, including in the head.
Gunman Sean Ward died the next day.
Belleville’s police chief later said Ward “had the means, the mechanism and the motive to perpetrate a greater act. The only thing that stopped entry into the synagogue to execute the intent were the two officers.”
