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Shots fired near Tanglewood Park

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, September 10, 2024       1:03 pm

(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service Guns and Gangs Unit is seeking witnesses to a shooting that occurred last night in the Tanglewood area of the West end.

Just after 10:30 pm Frontline Patrol officers heard the sound of possible shots fired in the Tanglewood area.

Responding units located multiple casings and other evidence that was seized near the entrance of Tanglewood Park. Information received is that several vehicles fled the...

Update to collision in Constance Bay: police seeking witnesses

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, September 10, 2024   10:40 am 

(Ottawa) — The Ottawa Police Service Fatal Collision Investigation Unit has confirmed that the 16-year-old youth who suffered life-threatening injuries on September 1st in Constance Bay has succumbed to their injuries earlier this week. 

Investigators continue to seek witnesses and would like to speak to anyone with doorbell, dash camera or video surveillance footage of the UTV driving around Constance Bay between the hours of 10:00 and...

Additional photos: Suspect to identify in an assault in Barrhaven

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, September 5, 2024       1:15 pm 

(Ottawa) — The Ottawa Police Service West Criminal Investigative Section is seeking public assistance to identify a suspect responsible for an assault in Barrhaven in the 100 block of Marketplace Avenue.

At approximately 7:40 pm on August 24th, the suspect assaulted the victim, leaving the victim with minor injuries.

The suspect is described as a white male, between 5’10” (178 cm) and 6’0” (183 cm) tall, with a medium build. At the...

Residents Matter Enforcement Initiative Results: August 30

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, September 4, 2024            3:45 pm

(Ottawa) — Members of the Ottawa Police Service Traffic Escort & Enforcement Unit and frontline patrol officers were out on Friday, August 30th, as part of the Residents Matter (#ResidentsMatter) late-night traffic enforcement initiative.

Officers were deployed to the Kanata, Barrhaven and Riverside South areas. In total, 65 provincial offence notices (PONs) were issued during Friday’s enforcement incl. Among the PONs issued,...

Ford Mustang linked to 2021 homicide investigation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, September 4, 2024,   1:35 pm

(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service Homicide Unit is seeking assistance in identifying a person on interest in the 2021 homicide of 40-year-old Leo Santostefano.

On June 4th, 2024, patrol officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop with a black Ford Mustang in the area of Greenbank Road and Hunt Club Road.  As officers approached the vehicle to further investigate, the vehicle fled by u-turning and proceeding east on Hunt Club Road....