31-year-old man charged with first-degree murder in Regina
CBC News | Posted: May 25, 2020 3:32 PM | Last Updated: May 25, 2020
Joseph Oakes also charged with assault with a weapon
Regina police have charged a man in relation to the death of a 54-year-old on Friday.
Joseph Delaney Oakes, 31, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jones Raymond Oakes.
Police were called to a home on Fisher Street at about 8:20 a.m. CST Friday. When they arrived, they saw a man running away from the scene. He was taken into custody.
An injured woman brought officers into the home, where they found a badly injured man.
Officers performed CPR on the man until an ambulance crew arrived and declared the man dead.
Oakes is also charged with assault with a weapon. He made his first court appearance in Regina provincial court on Monday.
This is Regina's seventh homicide of 2020.