Ottawa police say one person is in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after reports of shots fired at a cemetery on South Manotick Road just after 3pm on Friday.
Police sources said the shooting happened at the Ottawa Muslim Cemetery, the same site where a funeral service was held Friday for Abdulhamid Haji Raghab, 24, who died earlier this week in a fatal shooting in a south Ottawa residential neighborhood. .
Chawn Lemieux appeared in court Friday in connection with that incident. He has been charged with one count of second-degree murder and is being held in custody.
Police cars blocked the entrance to the cemetery after 4 p.m., and officers turned away cars trying to enter the area. A CBC reporter heard one police officer tell a driver “this is a crime scene” as they were turned away.
In a tweet, Ottawa police asked people to avoid the area. The investigation continues.
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