Suspect in Friday homicide connected to 2010 murder

A 19-year-old Gatineau, Que., man sentenced to a year for obstructing justice in the 2010 homicide of an Ottawa teen is facing a new charge of first-degree murder after Friday's shooting in east-end Ottawa, police announced.

Zakaria Dourhnou is expected to appear in court Saturday, police said. He is also facing two charges of assault with a weapon.

The victim has been identified as 20-year-old Khalid Doreh of Ottawa.

Meanwhile, Ottawa police Staff Sgt. Dave Veinotte of the major crimes unit said one of the two surviving male victims has been released from hospital. The other is still being treated, but both are expected to recover, he said.

Reached at home, the victim's aunt Marian Yusuf said the family is "just holding on right now."

"We have no information," she said. "They (Doreh's parents) are feeling distraught, they're feeling sad."

Asked if the family knew Dourhnou, Yusuf said she didn't know.

Police were called to Burn Street at the corner of Borthwick Avenue in east Ottawa at about 11:47 a.m. Friday after the shooting.

Police sources said the shooting is believed to be gang-related, but Veinotte said Saturday morning it was too early to confirm whether gang activity played a role.

Gatineau police said Friday that they assisted Ottawa police in making an arrest in the Aylmer sector of Gatineau, but would not confirm what the arrest was for.

Witness Richard Glarvin said he arrived on the scene after he heard a young woman scream.

"A young girl came out, she was walking on the street and yelled, 'Oh my god' and…I see the two police cars so I ran to the edge of the road and I see a gentleman laying on the ground with a towel covering his stomach," said Glarvin.

"He was bleeding pretty bad on the side of his rib cage. And he swore and yelled, 'Get an effing ambulance' and one of the neighbours said, 'Yes there is one coming on the way,' " said Glarvin.

The major crimes unit and paramedics descended on the scene, a semi-detached home, and closed Borthwick between Quebec and Burn streets.

A spokeswoman for Ottawa's Catholic school board said the nearby Our Lady of Mount Carmel was in a "secure-school situation," meaning students and staff were locked inside for safety.

Police called off the alert before school was scheduled to let out.

In April 2011, Dourhnou was sentenced to a year in prison plus time already served after pleading guilty to obstructing justice in the December 2010 shooting death of 16-year-old Yazdan Ghiasvand Ghiasi.

Ghiasi's body was dumped from a car onto Booth Street near Chinatown in the late morning. Dourhnou attempted to scrub blood out of the vehicle in which Ghiasi was shot, according to an agreed statement of facts.

In addition to the year in prison, Dourhnou was also sentenced to three years of probation and was prohibited from possessing a firearm for five years.

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