A 45-year-old man was killed and a woman was hospitalized in a stabbing at a South End apartment overnight, police said.
Ottawa police said they were called to the Saratoga Place building around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday and found a man and woman injured.
“The man succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the hospital,” police said.
Police later identified the man as 45-year-old James Samson. A 50-year-old woman was injured and is in a stable condition in hospital, they said.
Police say no suspect has been arrested and are asking anyone with information to contact the homicide unit or Crime Stoppers.
The 10-story apartment building is located in the 2700 block of Saratoga Place, just south of Hunt Club Road and west of Bank Street.
The death is the city’s first reported homicide of 2023.
Homicide investigation: Police are investigating the death of a man at an apartment in the 2700 block of Saratoga Place. 1/2
— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) January 31, 2023
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