Police say 15-year-old Jasmine Ready and 50-year-old Anne-Marie Ready died in the double homicide on June 27. Raywat Deonandan, an associate professor at the University of Ottawa, said he knew Anne-Marie Ready, although he had not spoken to her in years. “I have vivid memories of a brilliant and loving woman,” he said. “I always found her to be extremely smart and insightful, as well as a devoted mother.” A LinkedIn profile for Anne-Marie Ready says she worked as a trade commissioner with Global Affairs Canada. In an email to CBC, Global Affairs Spokesman Jason Kung said the department was aware of the “tragic death” of an employee. “We express our deepest condolences, as well as our thoughts to the family, relatives and all those close to the deceased,” he wrote. “Officers of our department turn to the support of relatives and colleagues who were affected by this tragic event.”
Officials did not name the suspect
According to the Ontario Special Investigation Unit (SIU), police were called to a house on Anoka Street around 10:30 p.m. after a 911 call. When police arrived at the home, they met a man who stabbed a woman on the street nearby, an independent police spokesman said. Three police officers then shot the 21-year-old when he refused to drop his knife, killing him. The barrage of gunfire also hit the woman, SIU said. Two other bodies were found nearby, the SIU said. The 19-year-old woman who was stabbed by the man was taken to hospital and paramedics said on Tuesday she had suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The SIU is called in to investigate serious police injuries and deaths, allegations of sexual assault and incidents in which police officers shoot at people. Neighbors said the house at 1273 Anoka Street belonged to a woman with two daughters. They said the neighborhood was quiet and had expressed shock at the killings. Neither the police nor the SIU have identified the suspect.
