Tag: fatal
Fentanyl suspected in latest Owen Sound overdose death
Grey Bruce Public Health issued its 24th opioid alert this year after it was notified of a suspected fatal opioid-related overdose. Fentanyl is believed to be responsible for this fatality, in Owen Sound on Monday, Oct. 28. Last year the health unit issued opioid alerts 18 times. They’re issued after there’s been three or more opioid overdoses […]
Bush party homicide: Witness recalls threatening post-gunshot text message
The few seconds of frantic screams and shouts from a short cellphone video recorded inside Emily Altmannâs car echoed through the courtroom.
Family of man who died after assault by officer sues police, officers for $3M
The family of Woodstock man who died after a police assault and jail stay is suing Woodstock police and two of its officers for $3 million.
Bush party murder trial: Pathologist describes teen’s fatal gunshot wound
It was one gunshot that killed Josue Silva.
Bush party murder trial jury shown knife found in accused’s vehicle
London police Sgt. Derek Hardman carefully pulled the large knife out of the box where it has been stored at police headquarters.
Man gives out free drugs near downtown, several people overdose: Police
A Thornhill man is facing charges after a spate of several non-fatal overdoses linked to an unknown drug Friday afternoon â an operation that involved three police departments. Joseph Patrick, 26, of Thornhill was arrested in Etobicoke early Saturday after evading police in Strathroy Friday night. London police on Friday evening issued a public safety […]
Witness reflects on not calling 911 after teen’s fatal shooting at London bush party
A woman who was involved in a romantic relationship with a London man accused of shooting a teenager at a bush party says she didnât contact police to tell them what she saw because she was loyal to “the wrong people.” Kaiah Edmonds, 21, took the stand for a second day Friday at the trial […]
Accused had gun in SUV en route to bush party where teen was shot dead: Witness
Kaiah Edmonds didnât think anything bad was going to happen as she drove toward a bush party in southwest London. The driver, Carlos Guera Guerra, was armed with a handgun and had a second weapon, a sword or a large knife, in his SUV, Kaiah told the court Thursday. Even after Guerra Guerra, a man […]
Witness holds firm under defence questioning at bush-party murder trial
As hard as he tried, Emily Altmannâs defence lawyer couldnât get Rachel Johnson to admit she was in a Snapchat video on her best friendâs phone. Thatâs because, she said repeatedly, it wasnât her. The video in question was found on the cellphone of Altmann’s best friend, Isabella Restrepo, and showed mere seconds of Restrepo […]
‘Innocent joke’ preceded fatal gunshot at large bush party: Witness
While hiding in the bushes in the darkness, they heard the pop. Then, everywhere there was chaos. Rachel Johnson, testifying Tuesday at the second-degree murder trial of Emily Altmann, 22, and Carlos Guerra Guerra, 23, described the scene at a southwest London bush party after a gunshot rang out and Western University student Josue Silva, […]