The statue is located outside a Buddhist temple on the 1400 block of Heron Road in the city's south end, an Ottawa police spokesperson said Wednesday afternoon.

The accused man practised massage in his home in Kanata, a west-end suburb, and police received a complaint about him from a woman earlier this month, investigators said.

Investigators believe three or four men, a black Ford pickup truck and a white Mercedes Benz SUV were involved in the break-ins.

According to police, the man hid a bottle of alcohol on himself and tried to leave the store. A struggle broke out when staff approached him and the man pulled out a knife.

Gerard Loehr is facing 33 sexual assault and sexual interference charges in Ottawa and Saskatchewan.

When an employee "confronted" the suspect at the door, the man "pulled out a knife" and fled the store on foot, Ottawa police allege.

The man's gunshot injuries were non-life-threatening and he was treated in hospital, police say. No arrests have been made as Monday afternoon.

The Ottawa Police Service's human trafficking unit believes there are other victims in this case who haven't come forward to police.

Police also seized two cocaine presses and scales, the Ottawa Police Service said in a news release on Thursday.

Ottawa police announced the charge two days after finding the body of 45-year-old Jason Saunders in a residence on Cummings Avenue, east of the downtown core.