Ottawa

Teen dies in hospital after being shot

Ottawa police are investigating what led to 18-year-old Omar Al-Khalidi getting shot and being taken to The Ottawa Hospital's General campus Tuesday, where he died of his injuries.

Victim is 18-year-old Omar Al-Khalidi, police say

A police vehicle in front of a taped-off residential parking lot.
A taped-off area of Station Boulevard just east of central Ottawa is pictured on Feb. 15, 2023, the day after a fatal shooting in the area. A 17-year-old has since been arrested and charged with first-degree murder. (Laura Glowacki/CBC)

Ottawa police are investigating what led to 18-year-old Omar Al-Khalidi getting shot and being taken to The Ottawa Hospital's General campus on Tuesday, where he died of his injuries.

Officers were called to the hospital just before 7 p.m., police said in a news release issued Wednesday morning.

They suggested the shooting happened on Station Boulevard just north of the General campus. The scene is about five kilometres southeast of the city core.

Police did not give any information about arrests or suspects.