Third person charged with murder in Ottawa’s first homicide of the year
Posted Jan 30, 2026 12:41:37 PM.
Last Updated Jan 30, 2026 12:51:14 PM.
A woman taken into custody by police has been charged in connection with the city’s first homicide of 2026.
Police said they laid charges against Selina Rose O’Quinn, 41, of Ottawa. She is facing the offence of second-degree murder for the death of a 28-year-old man.
She is the third person to be charged in the investigation that launched Wednesday evening when officials were called to the Carlington neighbourhood. Officers were sent to the 1400 block of Mayview Avenue, where they found Shawn Challis-Eatough, of Brantford, Ont., in life-threatening condition.
Paramedics said he was stabbed. They stabilized him before he was sent to hospital where he died.
On Jan. 29, police laid second-degree murder charges against Steve Vivian, 41, of Ottawa and Anthony Meredith, 19, of Kitchener, Ont. At the time, police said they had a woman in custody, who has now been identified as O’Quinn.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ottawa Police Service Homicide Unit at 613-236-1222ext. 5493.
Homicide rate in Ottawa-Gatineau above average
Data from Statistics Canada shows that the Ottawa-Gatineau area is above the country-wide homicide rate in 2024.
According to the report, Canada’s homicide rate is 1.91, and Ottawa-Gatineau’s is 2.10 per 100,000 people. Between the two cities, there were 27 homicides per 1.2 million people.
Between 2023 and 2024, StatCan notes this is a 45.20 per cent increase in homicides, or nine more overall.
Canada’s homicide rate decreased by 4 per cent. Thunder Bay recorded the highest homicide rate in the country in 2024, rising from 5.41 to 6.08 murders per 100,000 people.
