Edmonton police have charged one man with second degree murder for the death of 44-year-old Ossama Ghaly earlier this month.
Police received a call of a single-vehicle collision in an alley near 47 Street and 118 Avenue in the early morning of Saturday, March 11.
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Once on scene, police found a man — who was later identified as Ghaly — in the passenger seat, injured. EMS and fire crews responded to his injuries but he died on scene.
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Ghaly’s injuries were later determined to be consistent with assault, not a collision, police said in a news release Monday.
Forty-year-old Ian Whitford faces the charge for Ghaly’s death.
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