Ottawa police have three adult men in custody in connection with the shooting of 16-year-old Yazdan Ghiasvand Ghiasi, whose body was dumped from a car near Chinatown on Monday morning.
Ottawa’s major crimes unit said police were questioning the three men Tuesday and that charges were pending in what they were calling a homicide, the 10th in Ottawa this year.
An autopsy conducted Tuesday revealed Ghiasi died from a gunshot wound. Ghiasi’s death is not believed to be gang related, Ottawa police said.
Ghiasi’s body was found covered in blood on Booth Street near Somerset Street West on Monday at 10:30 a.m. after a witness reported hearing two shots and then seeing the body dumped from a car.
Residents came to his aid and attempted CPR, but the teen was pronounced dead at hospital.
Ata Fathi, a friend of Ghiasi’s family, called the teenager’s death “unjustifiable” and said the family is struggling to understand why it happened.
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