Police narrow down to person of interest in fatal St. Laurent stabbing
Posted Oct 7, 2025 12:40:49 PM.
Last Updated Oct 7, 2025 01:51:12 PM.
Officers are hoping someone in the public can help them identify a person of interest in connection to the city’s latest homicide.
In a press release and on social media, police released a short video of a person walking in the area of the 500 block of St. Laurent Boulevard in the late hours of Oct. 2 or early morning on the 3.
The person can be seen wearing a dark puffer jacket, black pants with white socks and black sandals. They appear to be wearing a surgical face mask with the hood of the jacket pulled up.
Officials are asking anyone who recognizes the individual to call the homicide unit at 613-236-1222, extension 5493.
Last week, police found a man, now identified as Justin James Weir, 55, suffering from stab wounds around 6:50 a.m. on Oct. 3. Paramedics said he was in life-threatening condition and was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
He is the seventh stabbing-related death in Ottawa this year, and the 14th homicide.
