Officials have announced that the memorial service for Lorain Police Department Officer Phillip C. Wagner, who was killed during an ambush, will take place July 30 at Rocket Arena in Cleveland.

The gunman accused of ambushing three Lorain police officers had previously been cited by the officer killed following a 2022 crash.

Lorain County Court of Common Pleas will be closed July 30 to allow local law enforcement, court staff and local counsel to attend the services for slain Lorain Police Department Officer Phillip

Investigators are still looking for a possible motive surrounding Wednesday’s shooting of three Lorain police officers. They say the explosives found inside the suspect’s car has them wondering if this was all part of a bigger plan.

The story has been updated to say all three officers remain hospitalized.] LORAIN, Ohio (WJW) — A man accused of ambushing three local officers has been identified as 28-year-old Michael Parker, according to the Lorain County coroner.

The Lorain County Coroner's Office has identified the suspect involved in the ambush shooting that left three Lorain police officers wounded on Wednesday. The suspect, Michael Parker, 28, of Lorain, was pronounced dead at the scene after the shooting.

Law enforcement officers from across the state will patrol the streets of Lorain this week, allowing the city’s police department to attend the Wednesday funeral of Officer Phillip Wagner, who died in an ambush last week.

L ORAIN, Ohio (WOIO) - Investigators say shooting suspect Michael Joseph Parker, 28, of North Lakeview Boulevard, in Lorain was found with multiple high-powered rifles, handguns and large amounts of an explosive called Tannerite.

It remind us ... just how dangerous the job of (a) police officer is,' DeWine said in an interview with 3News sister station 10TV in Columbus.

Authorities late Wednesday searched the home of a shooter who wounded three Lorain police officers, critically injuring two of them, in an ambushed attack. Officers raided the Lorain home of Michael Parker,