The Ottawa Police Service Murder Unit, and Weapons and Gangs Unit are asking the general public for assist in figuring out two individuals of curiosity allegedly concerned in a collection of prison incidents that occurred in 2021, 2022, and this yr.
Police say the collection of incidents are believed to be linked to the 2 individuals of curiosity.
Officers say on June 4, officers tried to cease a black Ford Mustang within the space of Greenbank and Hunt Membership roads. Nevertheless, the car fled the scene by making a U-turn and driving east on Hunt Membership Highway, as officers approached it for additional investigation. Police situated the car deserted later. Police didn’t say when.
The second incident occurred on Sept. 9 when police responded to a name reporting a number of photographs had been fired within the Tanglewood space. That was when responding officers seized a number of casings and “situated an deserted crimson Kia Soul on Brockington Crescent with a number of bullet holes in it.”
Police consider the 2 autos had been occupied by the identical suspects in each incidents.
As well as, investigators consider the 2 people “could also be linked to the unsolved March 2021 homicide of Leo Santostefano,” and the unsolved taking pictures on Lamira Avenue that occurred on July 18, 2022 that left one particular person with non-life threatening accidents.
Ottawa police have shared photographs of the 2 people.
On Sept. 4, police turned to the general public asking for assist figuring out a suspect who could also be linked with the 2021 murder of Santostefano. Police mentioned on the time this particular person is linked to the Ford Mustang. This particular person is described as a Black man, between six-foot and six-foot-five, with a big construct. He was seen sporting a black and white tracksuit, black sneakers and what seems to be designer glasses.
Anybody with details about the 2 suspects within the footage from the March 2021 murder and the July 2022 taking pictures, or data regarding who could have been driving the black Ford Mustang on June 4, 2024 or the crimson Kia Soul on Sept. 9, 2024 is requested to name the Service Murder Unit at 613-236-1222, extension 5493 or the Weapons and Gangs Unit, at extension 5050.
To stay nameless, you’ll be able to go away a tip at Crimestoppers.ca.
With recordsdata from Ontario Chronicle Ottawa’s William Eltherington
