MONTREAL – Alleged Ottawa gunman Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was born Michael Jospeh Hall in Quebec and grew up in Laval.
He changed his name to Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a combination of his stepfather and mother’s names, after he converted to Islam.
His stepfather is Libyan national, Bulgasem Zehaf, who once owned Café Tripoli on Montreal’s popular Crescent Street.
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On Thursday, police were stationed outside his mother’s home in Ahuntsic.
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At Zehaf-Bibeau’s high school, Laval College, officials describe him as an average, regular student. After his high school life however, Zehaf-Bibeau got in trouble with the law.
Montreal court records show a man named Michael Zehaf-Bibeau with the same age was arrested five times while living in Montreal.
In 2004, Zehaf-Bibeau’s address was located in Montreal’s Villeray neighbourhood along St. Dominique. That is the same year Zehaf-Bibeau was charged for possession of marijuana and possession of PCP.
He pleaded guilty to both charges in Dec. 2004.
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