Ottawa police say it is now treating a September Bank Street shooting investigation as a homicide after the victim died in hospital.
Police responded to the Sept. 12 in the 1600 block of Bank Street, just south of Heron Road, and emergency crews transported the victim to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
However, the victim, identified on Nov. 9 as 26-year-old Michel Palangi, died in hospital on Oct. 12, according to police.
Police announced five days after the shooting that 33-year-old Amin Osman-Ali was arrested and charged with several firearms-related offences and aggravated assault as Palangi remained in the hospital.
However, following Palangi’s death, the homicide unit upgraded the charges against Osman-Ali to second-degree murder on Nov. 6.
The investigation remains ongoing, and police ask anyone with information to contact the homicide unit at 613-236-1222, extension 5493.
