Police lay second-degree murder charge in northwestern Ont.
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), in partnership with the Treaty Three Police Service (T3PS), have charged a suspect with second-degree murder following a homicide in a remote Indigenous northwestern Ontario community.
The charges were made in connection to a death in Wabaseemoong First Nation on Thursday afternoon.
At about 3:30 on May 2, police and emergency medical personnel responded to an incident at a local residence.
“One individual was pronounced deceased,” the OPP said in a news release Friday.
As a result of the investigation, a 34-year-old resident of the First Nation has been charged with second-degree murder.
T3PS and the OPP said their investigation into the death is continuing with assistance from the Office of the Chief Coroner and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service.
“The public can expect to see a large number of police in the area as a result of the investigation,” said police.
“There is no threat to public safety at this time.”
The accused has been remanded into custody and will appear in court at a later date.
None of the accusations has been proven in court.
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