Pinizzotto was shot at an apartment building on Martha Eaton Way on Thursday while investigating multiple shootings, including one at the U.S. Consulate in March.

The Calgary and Edmonton police services have lowered all flags to half-mast in honour of two police officers in Ontario who were slain in the line of duty this week.

The man accused of fatally shooting Toronto police Const. Marc Pinizzotto remains in hospital as he faces a first-degree murder charge.