One person shot during funeral service of homicide victim
Posted Jul 9, 2022 03:34:00 PM.
The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) is investigating an incident after someone was shot during a funeral service for a homicide victim on July 8.
The OPS received multiple 9-1-1 calls from a cemetery on Manotick Station Road reporting shots were fired, and officers immediately responded.
The funeral was for 24-year-old Abdulhamid Haji Ragab, the victim of a shooting incident on Banff Avenue in Ottawa's south end that took place on Tuesday, July 5. A man, 23-year-old Chawn Lemieux of Ottawa, has been charged with second-degree murder.
One man arrived in hospital with a gunshot wound shortly after the funeral. His injuries were non-life threatening.
Police are searching for a suspect, and anyone with information is asked to call the OPS guns and gangs unit at 613-236-1222, extension 5050. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 or crimestoppers.ca.
