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Ottawa’s police chief has confirmed a link between a recent homicide and a mass shooting at a wedding last fall that killed two people and injured six others.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Chief Eric Stubbs said the shooting death of Adam Abdullahi Elmi, 28, at the Hampton Park Plaza on July 5 was linked to the double-homicide at the Infinity Convention Centre on Sept. 2, 2023.
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He would not comment on the nature of the link between the two cases, citing privacy concerns, but said police were “looking at every aspect possible to resolve both files.”
As first reported by CBC Ottawa, Elmi was the groom whose wedding was destroyed by brazen gunfire at the Infinity Convention Centre last summer.
CBC Ottawa reported Elmi was not among the injured at his wedding.
Elmi was shot dead on a Friday evening outside Fat Bastard Burrito in Hampton Park Plaza, a mall at the intersection of Carling and Kirkwood avenues.
No arrests have been made in Elmi’s homicide, nor in the Infinity Convention Centre shooting that claimed the lives of Said Mohamed Ali, 26, and 29-year-old Abdishakur Abdi-Dahir, both of Toronto. Ottawa police described them as innocent bystanders who were not the intended targets.
Police have issued two Canada-wide arrest warrants for the July 5 shooting near Carling and Kirkwood, but believe both men have fled Canada.
Police are seeking Soubere Yusuf Akli, 28, for a charge of first-degree murder and Kennedid Atteyeh, 23, for charges of first-degree murder and accessory after the fact to murder.
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