one man charged with murder, another wanted after fatal weekend stabbing
jacob blanchard, 25, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and assault with a weapon.
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ottawa police vehicles outside 500 st. laurent blvd. on sunday. omar jonathan grant was fatally stabbed in the building on saturday night.
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one man is in custody and a canada-wide warrant has been issued for the arrest of another following the stabbing death on saturday of 25-year-old omar jonathan grant of ottawa.
police were called to st. laurent place, a seven-storey, 112-unit ottawa community housing apartment building at 500 st. laurent blvd., north of montreal road, at around 9:25 p.m. on feb. 15 for a “disturbance.”
ottawa paramedics were also called to the scene and transported two men to hospital. grant, who suffered “penetrative trauma,” was pronounced dead at hospital.
the second victim, a man in his 30s, was taken to hospital in stable condition with a head injury, according to paramedics.
ottawa police have issued a canada-wide warrant for the arrest of samuel laurin-gauvreau.
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jacob blanchard, 25, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and assault with a weapon. he appeared in court monday morning and was remanded into custody.
a nationwide warrant has been issued for the arrest of 25-year-old samuel laurin-gauvreau of ottawa, who faces identical charges.
a photo of omar jonathan grant from the gofundme campaign to help with his funeral expenses.
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a fourth-floor resident said on monday that many of the building’s tenants were angered and traumatized by the incident, and planned to hold a meeting with ottawa community housing officials on tuesday.
meanwhile, a gofundme campaign has been organized by grant’s aunt, paula johnson, to raise $10,000 for funeral and related expenses. “i need help for his funeral and celebration of life for my sister to have a proper burial and celebration of life of her baby boy who will be missed from so many,” she wrote.
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the homicide is ottawa’s third so far this year.
on jan. 10, wilson sabarros, 58, was found dead in his home on pondhollow way in barrhaven. mia tajada, 28 and omar assaad, 26, both from ottawa, face charges of first-degree murder.
ottawa police vehicles outside 500 st. laurent blvd. on sunday. omar jonathan grant was fatally stabbed in the building on saturday night.
ashley fraser
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postmedia
on feb. 9, amr zohair, 40, an inmate at the ottawa-carleton regional detention centre, died three days after sustaining injuries in an alleged assault. marc lebrun-fortin, 44, also an inmate, has been charged with first-degree murder.
anyone with information about grant’s death was asked to contact the ottawa police service homicide unit at 613-236-1222, extension 5493.
anonymous tips can be submitted by calling crime stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 or at crimestoppers.ca.
correction: a previous version of this story misidentified the age of samuel laurin-gauvreau because of incorrect information provided by police. laurin-gauvreau is 25 years old.
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