The city of Lorain is rallying around its police force and honoring the three officers shot in an ambush attack, including Officer Phillip Wagner, who died Thursday.

Investigators on Thursday searched for a reason why a Lorain man, loaded with guns and explosives, shot three police officers in an industrial park.

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.

When Parkersburg Police Chief Matthew Board was asked about the dangers of working as a police officer, he said police officers learn in training how to prepare for these situations.

The suspect — Michael Parker, 28, of Lorain — was pronounced dead at the scene after the shooting. According to the Elyria Police Department, officers returned fire during the exchange, which ultimately resulted in Parker sustaining a fatal injury.

The national organization Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) is wrapping its collective arms around the Lorain Police Department after three officers were ambushed in Lorain Wednesday.

Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski offered the organization's thoughts following ambush of three Lorain police officers.

The body of Officer Wagner will be escorted from the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office in Cleveland to the Liston Funeral Home in North Ridgeville.