Homicide unit investigating shooting death of 18-year-old man
CTV
Ottawa police say they are investigating a Valentine’s Day homicide after an 18-year-old man showed up at the hospital with a gunshot wound Tuesday evening.
Ottawa police say they are investigating a Valentine’s Day homicide after an 18-year-old man showed up at the hospital with a gunshot wound Tuesday evening.
Police say the shooting happened in the 1500 block of Station Boulevard, which is a few blocks southeast of Riverside Drive and Industrial Avenue.
Just before 7 p.m., police were called to the Ottawa Hospital General Campus after a person arrived there having been shot, police said. The hospital is about one kilometre south of where the shooting happened.
The victim, Omar Al-Khalidi, died in hospital.
Investigators remained at the scene Wednesday morning. Officers appeared to be focusing on a vehicle in the parking lot of a housing complex.
Somer esidents told CTV News Ottawa they didn't hear anything unusual Tuesday evening.
Police are asking anyone with information to contact the homicide unit or Crime Stoppers.
