Ottawa police make arrest in Craig Henry Drive homicide

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Ottawa police say charges have been laid in the April 6 murder of 20-year-old Mahad Elmi.

Osman Yare, 22, has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder. He is scheduled to appear in court this morning.

Police received reports of shots fired just after 9:30 a.m. on Sunday morning in the 300 block of Craig Henry Drive. Two victims were taken to hospital, where Elmi died. Another 21-year-old man had serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Police had released a photo of a “vehicle of interest” and later thanked the public for assistance, saying the car had been identified.

 Map shows location of five homicides that occurred over the course of eight days in late March and early April.

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