Author of the article: Shaamini Yogaretnam
Publishing date: Jan 19, 2021 • January 19, 2021 • 2 minute read Ottawa January 16, 2021 The Ottawa Police Service homicide unit was investigating the death of a man who was found with gunshot wounds in the area of Hunt Club Road and Lorry Greenberg Drive, Saturday Jan. 16, 2021. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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Mehdi El-Hajj Hassan lived his short life knowing the pain of gun violence. He was just four years old when his father was gunned down in a drug underworld revenge killing. On Saturday morning, El-Hajj Hassan, 20, was shot dead, too.
Police believe El-Hajj Hassan was driving in the city’s south end around 3 a.m. Saturday when he was shot by an unknown assailant through the driver’s side window. El-Hajj Hassan was shot in the chest and police believe he crossed a median before crashing into another car and a fence near a McDonald’s restaurant at Hunt Club Road and Lorry Greenberg Drive.