Overview
- Officers responding to a wellness check at a south Ottawa home found two boys, aged seven and 12, dead and the homicide unit has called the deaths a double homicide.
- A burned vehicle at the Kemptville carpool lot contained an adult male body that police identified as the children’s father and investigators say they believe he died by suicide.
- Police named the man as 40-year-old Mohammed Al-Lami and court records show he was on active probation after a 2024 emailed threat to his ex-wife that a judge read in court.
- The Ontario Provincial Police secured a business fire in Iroquois as part of a multi-scene probe and Ottawa police say several forensic examinations remain outstanding.
- Authorities are supporting the boys’ mother and withholding the children’s names while the case prompts questions about how threats and probation are managed to prevent escalation.