Funeral for student stabbed outside post-prom party
Posted Jun 13, 2014 07:40:41 AM.
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OTTAWA – The funeral for a young man stabbed to death during a post-prom party downtown is being laid to rest Friday.
Brandon Volpi, 18 of Ottawa, was stabbed outside Les Suites Hotel on Besserer Street around 3:30 a.m. Saturday following post-prom celebrations. He was stabbed in the throat and chest, and later died in hospital.
Funeral:
Friday
St. Anthony’s Church
427 Booth St, Ottawa, ON
10 a.m.
Visitation was held Thursday at the Kelly Funeral Home Walkley Chapel. A memorial has also been set up on his locker at St. Patrick’s High School on Alta Vista, and a memorial continues to grow outside the hotel.
He is believed to be armed and dangerous.
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