25-05-2025
How the American gun that killed a Canadian cop made it across the border and into the hands of a killer
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May 24, 2025
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By Betsy PowellCourts Reporter
This story is the first in a two-part series on the smuggled Glock 19 handgun used to kill OPP Const. Greg Pierzchala and how cheap, legally purchased U.S. weapons are fuelling a Canadian epidemic.
PHOENIX, Ariz.—Cynthia Solano never met Greg Pierzchala, the rookie cop killed on the side of a rural Ontario crossroads.
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Betsy Powell is a Toronto-based reporter covering crime and courts for the Star. Follow her on Twitter: @powellbetsy.
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