Woman killed in Kingston, man charged with 1st-degree murder
Police considering killing at west-end home to be femicide
Police in Kingston, Ont., have charged a man with murder in the death of a woman they say he was intimate with.
Officers were called to the victim's west-end home on Berrywood Crescent at around 2:45 p.m. Friday after getting reports a man had barricaded himself inside, police said in a Saturday evening media release.
After police got into the home, they found a 25-year-old woman suffering from numerous injuries.
She was taken to a local hospital where she died, police said.
Hadden Harper-Brewer, 26, was arrested at the scene and faces one count of first-degree murder.
A police spokesperson told CBC he was not living with the victim at the Berrywood Crescent home before her death.
Kingston Police said they are considering the death to be a femicide, a term used to describe the intentional killing of women and girls because of their gender.
This is the first time the force has labelled a death a femicide.