LONDON, ONT. One of two men charged in London’s latest homicide recently served time for an attack that left a variety store owner fighting for his life back in 2017. In July of 2018 Jesse McConnell, 26, pleaded guilty to the Oct. 2017 attack on storeowner Roger El Shorafa and was sentenced to three and half years in prison. Now McConnell is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of 28-year-old Alex Pacheco. In the 2017 attack, El Shorafa was left in critical condition. The community rallied together at the time to support his recovery. Among the efforts were a GoFundMe and financial support from local restaurant chain Shelby’s Food Express.
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Charges against a man in a fatal London stabbing have stirred memories of a notorious crime for which he was previously convicted – the brutal beating of a downtown-area shopkeeper.
Jessie Aaron McConnell, 26, is charged with second-degree murder in the homicide of Alex Pacheco, a construction worker and young father of two who was killed Monday night, London police say.
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The homicide comes four years after a 2017 attack on Rajaie (Roger) El Shorafa, who was badly beaten outside his store, Horton Variety at 216 Horton St. El Shorafa suffered life-threatening head injuries on the evening of Oct. 21, 2017 after asking a group of people who were blocking his store’s entrance to move.
LONDON, ONT. A 28-year-old London man is dead following an assault and stabbing in east London Monday night. Police were called to an address on Hilton Place, a residential street near Dundas Street and Clarke Road, after a man was assaulted and stabbed. According to police the stabbing occurred around 9 p.m. Emergency crews arrived and the victim was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Police arrested a 26-year-old man, but so far charges have not been laid. An update is expected as police continue to investigate. Anyone with any information is asked to call the London Police Service at 519-661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
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A 28-year-old London man killed after being stabbed Monday night is being remembered by family and friends as a dedicated construction worker and father of two young children.
Officers were called Monday at about 9 p.m. to a townhouse complex on Hilton Place, southwest of the Dundas Street and Clarke Road intersection in east London, after an altercation broke out and a man was stabbed, police said.
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Emergency crews transported the man with life-threatening injuries to hospital, where he died shortly after arrival, police said.
LONDON, ONT. A 28-year-old London man is dead following an assault and stabbing in east London Monday night and two people have now been charged with second-degree murder. Police were called to an address on Hilton Place, a residential street near Dundas Street and Clarke Road, after a man was assaulted and stabbed. According to police the stabbing occurred around 9 p.m. Emergency crews arrived and the victim was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. He has been identified as 28-year-old Alex Eduardo Pacheco.
Alex Pacheco, 28, is seen in this undated photo. (Source: Alex Pacheco / Facebook)