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Esmail Sharifi was out of the game.
So when the 36-year-old father was shot while seated in the passenger side of a tow truck in a west-end parking lot in the dead of summer, police were puzzled.
Once shot, just after 9 p.m. on July 31, Sharifi stumbled toward the patio of the Big Rig Kitchen and Brewery on Iris Street, looking for help. He was pronounced dead in hospital.
Police certainly knew Sharifi from his days as a cocaine dealer and addict. He had been arrested as part of a sweep called Project Bulldawg that targeted a crime ring trafficking hard drugs. Searches of his home and vehicle turned up bullets, a baton, a debt list and a bullet-proof vest. Sharifi was convicted of trafficking cocaine but was considered a “bottom player” in the group and was sentenced to four years in a federal prison in 2012.
After his release, Sharifi had largely stayed off police radar and had no further criminal record.
“He appeared to have moved away from his past life,” said Det. Chris Benson, the lead investigator on the homicide.
Sharifi, who was expecting his first child when he was sent to prison, embraced his new found freedom. He began working for Ottawa Metro Towing and co-owned a pair of trucks that he operated with another man also known to police.
Sharifi’s partner in the truck venture was Mohamed Affat, this newspaper has learned. Affat himself was shot in November 2015 in what police believed was a drive-by shooting in the area of Banner and Greenbank roads – not far from where his partner was gunned down years later. Affat drove himself to the hospital but refused to co-operate with police.
Two Ottawa Metro Towing trucks were parked in the lot the night Sharifi was shot.
Police wouldn’t confirm Affat’s connection to Sharifi but said they are exploring all avenues of the slain man’s life in their search for his killer.
That he was shot in a public place – the parking lot of a busy strip mall – with several businesses and patrons nearby should mean that there are witnesses to the shooting. Police, however, continue to appeal for any information, from both the public and the extended Sharifi family.
“We have a hard time believing that no one saw anything,” Benson said.
Sharifi’s death is one of three unsolved homicides that occurred in Ottawa in 2017. There were 15 people killed – four were stabbed, one was choked, one fell and one was beaten. But the majority – eight people, including Sharifi – were shot to death.
Brian Boucher, 24.
Brian Boucher, 24, was stabbed in the neck during a basement party in the early morning hours of Feb. 2.
Police charged his one-time friend Awale Hussein, aka “AWOL,” with second-degree murder. Hussein spent nearly a week in hiding. Boucher’s friends and family believe Hussein inexplicably “snapped” on Boucher.
A 35-year-old woman was found dead in her fifth-floor Mechanicsville apartment at the end of March. A publication ban now shields the woman’s identity. Police believe she was killed on March 12. Her two-year-old son fended for himself alone in the apartment with his mother’s body for 10 days. Detectives had been waiting on results of a post-mortem examination and on July 26 charged crack dealer Mohamed Barkhadle, aka “Akon,” with first-degree murder. Barkhadle has a history of committing sex crimes and at the time of homicide was out on the streets after an Ottawa judge dismissed the Crown’s attempt to brand him a dangerous offender.
Devon Labelle, 25.
Devon Labelle, 25, was stabbed in the neck outside a Jean Coutu pharmacy in Vanier on April 27. Store employees rushed to his aid, but he was pronounced dead in hospital. Police have charged Kirvens Lamarre with second-degree murder.
Building at 415 MacLaren St., where 19-year-old Ahmad Afrah died on the night of May 15, 2017.
Ahmad Afrah, 19, fell to his death May 15 on MacLaren Street after he tried to flee attackers on a 16th floor balcony. Detectives have charged Liban Gure, Daniel John Charles and two teens who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act with manslaughter and aggravated assault.
Bun Sim, left, and Terrence Phillips in a photo from Facebook. Sim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and Phillips died in two related early morning shootings in the ByWard Market on Saturday, June 3, 2017.
Terrence Phillips, 43, was shot by Raymond Alliman, as Phillips chased after him. Police believe Alliman had, before Phillips’ fatal shooting, shot Phillips’ friend outside a ByWard Market bar on June 3.
Raymond Alliman, 31.
Raymond Alliman, 31, was shot by Ottawa police Const. Aaron Reichert in an exchange of gunfire inside a parking garage after Alliman is believed to have fled the scene of Phillips’s homicide. The Special Investigations Unit, a civilian watchdog that probes incidents involving police where there are serious injuries or death to civilians or allegations of sexual assault, continue to investigate both Phillips and Alliman’s deaths. No charges have been laid.
Ashton Dickson, 25.
Ashton Dickson, 25, was shot June 26, outside the now-closed Mingle Room bar on Rideau Street. Dickson, a celebrated star athlete with one-time dreams to be in the CFL, was gunned down after an argument spilled out of the bar. His homicide remains unsolved.
Abdulrahman Al-Shammari, 26.
Abdulrahman Al-Shammari, 26, was found lying on a Tavistock Road driveway with a gunshot wound to the chest on July 24. Hours later, his idling white Mazda 3 was found on Wayne Avenue East with the body of his friend Dirie Olol, 27, inside. Olol had been shot in the forehead. The day had police scouring the west end at multiple crime scenes, attempting to piece together the events that led to three men being shot, two fatally.
Police charged Alam Buoc, with two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings and one count of attempted murder in the shooting of Talal Al-Shammari, 27, who survived the gunfire and showed up to hospital with bullet wounds.
Rachelle Mair.
Rachelle Mair was beaten to death with a baseball bat by her son, Steven Mair, during a psychotic break on Aug. 18 inside their Sandy Hill apartment. Steven Mair had originally been charged with second-degree murder but pleaded not criminally responsible due to mental disorder on Dec. 14. The Crown accepted his plea and said that no crime was committed. A judge found the same — that Mair had not committed any crime — and ordered that he be released from jail and instead be held in a secure wing at the Royal Ottawa hospital.
Hamzeh Serhan, 20.
Hamzeh Serhan, 20, was shot in broad daylight while sitting outside on Caldwell Avenue. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Farah Handule for second-degree murder. His whereabouts are unknown.
Adrian Johnson, 45.
Adrian Johnson, 45, was stabbed in the chest on Nov. 18 on Murray Street. Witnesses said he collapsed into the hands of a panhandler, and was pronounced dead in hospital around 5 a.m. Investigators have charged Damien Dubien with second-degree murder.
Zakaria Iqbal, 18.
Zakaria Iqbal, 18, was stabbed on Montreal Road Nov. 27. In mid-December, police released images of a “potential witness” to the homicide who had his arm in a cast. The man was described as black, 25 to 30 years old, five feet six inches tall with a slim build and wearing baggy jeans, a Nike hoodie and a black baseball cap. At the time, he had a cast on his left hand and wrist. The homicide remains unsolved.
Keith Fitzsimmons, 50, was shot as he walked down Fréchette Street the day before Christmas Eve. Police allege a 15-year-old boy approached Fitzsimmons, demanded cash and then shot him. Police charged the teen, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, with first-degree murder. Sebastien Lafleur, 21, was also charged with multiple firearms offences and forcible confinement.
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So when the 36-year-old father was shot while seated in the passenger side of a tow truck in a west-end parking lot in the dead of summer, police were puzzled.
Once shot, just after 9 p.m. on July 31, Sharifi stumbled toward the patio of the Big Rig Kitchen and Brewery on Iris Street, looking for help. He was pronounced dead in hospital.
Police certainly knew Sharifi from his days as a cocaine dealer and addict. He had been arrested as part of a sweep called Project Bulldawg that targeted a crime ring trafficking hard drugs. Searches of his home and vehicle turned up bullets, a baton, a debt list and a bullet-proof vest. Sharifi was convicted of trafficking cocaine but was considered a “bottom player” in the group and was sentenced to four years in a federal prison in 2012.
After his release, Sharifi had largely stayed off police radar and had no further criminal record.
“He appeared to have moved away from his past life,” said Det. Chris Benson, the lead investigator on the homicide.
Sharifi, who was expecting his first child when he was sent to prison, embraced his new found freedom. He began working for Ottawa Metro Towing and co-owned a pair of trucks that he operated with another man also known to police.
Sharifi’s partner in the truck venture was Mohamed Affat, this newspaper has learned. Affat himself was shot in November 2015 in what police believed was a drive-by shooting in the area of Banner and Greenbank roads – not far from where his partner was gunned down years later. Affat drove himself to the hospital but refused to co-operate with police.
Two Ottawa Metro Towing trucks were parked in the lot the night Sharifi was shot.
Police wouldn’t confirm Affat’s connection to Sharifi but said they are exploring all avenues of the slain man’s life in their search for his killer.
That he was shot in a public place – the parking lot of a busy strip mall – with several businesses and patrons nearby should mean that there are witnesses to the shooting. Police, however, continue to appeal for any information, from both the public and the extended Sharifi family.
“We have a hard time believing that no one saw anything,” Benson said.
Sharifi’s death is one of three unsolved homicides that occurred in Ottawa in 2017. There were 15 people killed – four were stabbed, one was choked, one fell and one was beaten. But the majority – eight people, including Sharifi – were shot to death.
Brian Boucher, 24.
Brian Boucher, 24, was stabbed in the neck during a basement party in the early morning hours of Feb. 2.
Police charged his one-time friend Awale Hussein, aka “AWOL,” with second-degree murder. Hussein spent nearly a week in hiding. Boucher’s friends and family believe Hussein inexplicably “snapped” on Boucher.
A 35-year-old woman was found dead in her fifth-floor Mechanicsville apartment at the end of March. A publication ban now shields the woman’s identity. Police believe she was killed on March 12. Her two-year-old son fended for himself alone in the apartment with his mother’s body for 10 days. Detectives had been waiting on results of a post-mortem examination and on July 26 charged crack dealer Mohamed Barkhadle, aka “Akon,” with first-degree murder. Barkhadle has a history of committing sex crimes and at the time of homicide was out on the streets after an Ottawa judge dismissed the Crown’s attempt to brand him a dangerous offender.
Devon Labelle, 25.
Devon Labelle, 25, was stabbed in the neck outside a Jean Coutu pharmacy in Vanier on April 27. Store employees rushed to his aid, but he was pronounced dead in hospital. Police have charged Kirvens Lamarre with second-degree murder.
Building at 415 MacLaren St., where 19-year-old Ahmad Afrah died on the night of May 15, 2017.
Ahmad Afrah, 19, fell to his death May 15 on MacLaren Street after he tried to flee attackers on a 16th floor balcony. Detectives have charged Liban Gure, Daniel John Charles and two teens who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act with manslaughter and aggravated assault.
Bun Sim, left, and Terrence Phillips in a photo from Facebook. Sim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and Phillips died in two related early morning shootings in the ByWard Market on Saturday, June 3, 2017.
Terrence Phillips, 43, was shot by Raymond Alliman, as Phillips chased after him. Police believe Alliman had, before Phillips’ fatal shooting, shot Phillips’ friend outside a ByWard Market bar on June 3.
Raymond Alliman, 31.
Raymond Alliman, 31, was shot by Ottawa police Const. Aaron Reichert in an exchange of gunfire inside a parking garage after Alliman is believed to have fled the scene of Phillips’s homicide. The Special Investigations Unit, a civilian watchdog that probes incidents involving police where there are serious injuries or death to civilians or allegations of sexual assault, continue to investigate both Phillips and Alliman’s deaths. No charges have been laid.
Ashton Dickson, 25.
Ashton Dickson, 25, was shot June 26, outside the now-closed Mingle Room bar on Rideau Street. Dickson, a celebrated star athlete with one-time dreams to be in the CFL, was gunned down after an argument spilled out of the bar. His homicide remains unsolved.
Abdulrahman Al-Shammari, 26.
Abdulrahman Al-Shammari, 26, was found lying on a Tavistock Road driveway with a gunshot wound to the chest on July 24. Hours later, his idling white Mazda 3 was found on Wayne Avenue East with the body of his friend Dirie Olol, 27, inside. Olol had been shot in the forehead. The day had police scouring the west end at multiple crime scenes, attempting to piece together the events that led to three men being shot, two fatally.
Police charged Alam Buoc, with two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings and one count of attempted murder in the shooting of Talal Al-Shammari, 27, who survived the gunfire and showed up to hospital with bullet wounds.
Rachelle Mair.
Rachelle Mair was beaten to death with a baseball bat by her son, Steven Mair, during a psychotic break on Aug. 18 inside their Sandy Hill apartment. Steven Mair had originally been charged with second-degree murder but pleaded not criminally responsible due to mental disorder on Dec. 14. The Crown accepted his plea and said that no crime was committed. A judge found the same — that Mair had not committed any crime — and ordered that he be released from jail and instead be held in a secure wing at the Royal Ottawa hospital.
Hamzeh Serhan, 20.
Hamzeh Serhan, 20, was shot in broad daylight while sitting outside on Caldwell Avenue. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Farah Handule for second-degree murder. His whereabouts are unknown.
Adrian Johnson, 45.
Adrian Johnson, 45, was stabbed in the chest on Nov. 18 on Murray Street. Witnesses said he collapsed into the hands of a panhandler, and was pronounced dead in hospital around 5 a.m. Investigators have charged Damien Dubien with second-degree murder.
Zakaria Iqbal, 18.
Zakaria Iqbal, 18, was stabbed on Montreal Road Nov. 27. In mid-December, police released images of a “potential witness” to the homicide who had his arm in a cast. The man was described as black, 25 to 30 years old, five feet six inches tall with a slim build and wearing baggy jeans, a Nike hoodie and a black baseball cap. At the time, he had a cast on his left hand and wrist. The homicide remains unsolved.
Keith Fitzsimmons, 50, was shot as he walked down Fréchette Street the day before Christmas Eve. Police allege a 15-year-old boy approached Fitzsimmons, demanded cash and then shot him. Police charged the teen, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, with first-degree murder. Sebastien Lafleur, 21, was also charged with multiple firearms offences and forcible confinement.
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