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A former boyfriend of the victim is the prime suspect in the Bells Corners Easter Sunday shootout that killed Christina Voelzing — and police believe he’s on the run.
Police have issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for Behnam Yaali, 23, whose whereabouts are currently unknown. He’s wanted on a charge of second-degree murder.
Voelzing, 24, was mortally wounded early Easter Sunday morning when two of her former lovers exchanged gunfire inside the apartment she shared with two roommates. Around 5 a.m., police believe Yaali kicked in the front door and began firing inside the home at 11D Sonnet Cres.
Another man inside the home, believed to be Voelzing’s former boyfriend whom she had recently rekindled a relationship with, also had a gun and the two exchanged gunfire.
Friends told Postmedia the Algonquin College student, who was weeks away from completing a victimology program, died after a gun that was initially pointed at her roommate was fired at her. She leapt in to intervene and was shot in the neck. Police allege Yaali pulled the trigger.
Voelzing had no vital signs once at hospital, but was revived and taken into surgery. She was kept on life support for several days so that her organs could be donated and so that her brother, who lives in Dubai, could return to Ottawa to see her. Voelzing died from her injuries three days after being shot.
Friends alleged that both Yaali and the second gunman in the house were involved in drug activity. Police had been probing any connections the gunmen had to the sex trade.
Yaali has never been convicted of a crime in Ontario. In 2011, he was charged with drug possession but that charge was later withdrawn. He does, however, have an American criminal record.
On July 24, 2012, Yaali was arrested at the Miami International Airport with 7.78 kilograms of cocaine that he smuggled into the country from Ecuador.
Yaali’s American Airlines flight arrived shortly after 2:20 p.m. from Quito, Ecuador, according to information sworn by a special agent for homeland security investigations. During a secondary examination of Yaali’s luggage, customs officers found “a white powdery substance concealed in a false siding and the railings” of his suitcase. Yaali lied and said he didn’t know about the dope since he had bought the suitcase in Ecuador but then later admitted the truth.
He was initially charged with importing cocaine and, because of the large quantity, possession with intent to distribute.
Yaali negotiated a plea deal that saw him plead guilty to smuggling the drugs so that the trafficking charge was dismissed. He was sentenced to 30 months in jail.
Voelzing’s mother Sherryl Fraser is chair of general arts and sciences at Algonquin College, where her daughter was a student in the victimology program. Voelzing had hoped to work with youth victims and offenders.
The college began collecting donations to create a bursary in Voelzing’s honour after her death.
Voelzing’s was the sixth homicide of the year. She is the fifth person to die by gunfire in Ottawa in 2016.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police’s major crime unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5493. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477(TIPS), or by downloading the Ottawa police app.
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Police have issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for Behnam Yaali, 23, whose whereabouts are currently unknown. He’s wanted on a charge of second-degree murder.
Voelzing, 24, was mortally wounded early Easter Sunday morning when two of her former lovers exchanged gunfire inside the apartment she shared with two roommates. Around 5 a.m., police believe Yaali kicked in the front door and began firing inside the home at 11D Sonnet Cres.
Another man inside the home, believed to be Voelzing’s former boyfriend whom she had recently rekindled a relationship with, also had a gun and the two exchanged gunfire.
Friends told Postmedia the Algonquin College student, who was weeks away from completing a victimology program, died after a gun that was initially pointed at her roommate was fired at her. She leapt in to intervene and was shot in the neck. Police allege Yaali pulled the trigger.
Voelzing had no vital signs once at hospital, but was revived and taken into surgery. She was kept on life support for several days so that her organs could be donated and so that her brother, who lives in Dubai, could return to Ottawa to see her. Voelzing died from her injuries three days after being shot.
Friends alleged that both Yaali and the second gunman in the house were involved in drug activity. Police had been probing any connections the gunmen had to the sex trade.
Yaali has never been convicted of a crime in Ontario. In 2011, he was charged with drug possession but that charge was later withdrawn. He does, however, have an American criminal record.
On July 24, 2012, Yaali was arrested at the Miami International Airport with 7.78 kilograms of cocaine that he smuggled into the country from Ecuador.
Yaali’s American Airlines flight arrived shortly after 2:20 p.m. from Quito, Ecuador, according to information sworn by a special agent for homeland security investigations. During a secondary examination of Yaali’s luggage, customs officers found “a white powdery substance concealed in a false siding and the railings” of his suitcase. Yaali lied and said he didn’t know about the dope since he had bought the suitcase in Ecuador but then later admitted the truth.
He was initially charged with importing cocaine and, because of the large quantity, possession with intent to distribute.
Yaali negotiated a plea deal that saw him plead guilty to smuggling the drugs so that the trafficking charge was dismissed. He was sentenced to 30 months in jail.
Voelzing’s mother Sherryl Fraser is chair of general arts and sciences at Algonquin College, where her daughter was a student in the victimology program. Voelzing had hoped to work with youth victims and offenders.
The college began collecting donations to create a bursary in Voelzing’s honour after her death.
Voelzing’s was the sixth homicide of the year. She is the fifth person to die by gunfire in Ottawa in 2016.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police’s major crime unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5493. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477(TIPS), or by downloading the Ottawa police app.
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