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Police have identified the shooting victim in the market area late Friday


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Ottawa police have identified Vuyo Cache, 36, as the victim of a shooting late Friday on Clarence Street, near King Edward Avenue in the ByWard Market.

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Police said the shooting happened at 11:40 p.m., and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ottawa Police Homicide Unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5493.

Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 or at crimestoppers.ca.

The killing is the third shooting attack in July. Two of the attacks were fatal.

A man has been charged with killing 24-year-old Abdulhamid Haji Raghab on July 5 in the Banff-Ledbury area.

.The day after the Banff Avenue shooting, one person was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a shooting in the 100 block of Ritchie Street, west of Britannia Village.

Police have not indicated a connection between the three shootings.

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