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Ottawa police make arrest in connection with Boyce Avenue shooting

Ottawa police. File / Global News

Ottawa police said Tuesday they have arrested a man in relation to a shooting in the city’s west end last summer.

Two men were taken to hospital after a shooting in the 100 block of Boyce Avenue, just off Carling Avenue, on June 29, 2020.

Police said roughly a month later that they were looking for 23-year-old Akol Akoi and said then that he was being charged as an accessory to the incident.

A joint unit of the Ottawa Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police arrested Akoi on Monday morning in the area of Albion Road, according to a statement. Officers said they seized a loaded semi-automatic handgun and illegal drugs during the arrest.

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Akoi now faces a series of gun-related charges and one count of possessing a Schedule I substance for the purposes of trafficking and one count of possessing proceeds of a crime.

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A second man was arrested with Akoi on Monday, police said.

Dominik Teale, 35, is charged with occupying a motor vehicle knowing a firearm was present as well as three breaches of his weapons prohibition.

Both were scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.

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