Ottawa police seek owner of white Malibu after Marwan Arab homicide
CBC News | Posted: March 3, 2016 11:40 AM | Last Updated: March 3, 2016
Car photographed running red light minutes after Marwan Arab was shot to death nearby, police say
Ottawa police are asking for the public's help to find a white Chevrolet Malibu and its owner after the car was seen leaving the area where Marwan Arab was shot to death in January.
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The car was photographed by a red light camera as it blew through the intersection of Iris Street and Woodroffe Avenue on Jan. 31, 2016.
Minutes earlier, at about 5:30 p.m., 20-year-old Arab was shot in the chest at Shifa Restaurant on Cobden Road, a short distance away from Iris and Woodroffe.
Arab's 22-year-old cousin, Ayyub Arab, was also shot but survived.
It was the city's sixth shooting and second homicide of 2016.
Anyone with information about the Malibu and/or its owner are asked to call the Ottawa police major crimes unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5493. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).