4 Ottawa men charged with 1st-degree murder in Gatineau killing

Four Ottawa residents have been charged with first-degree murder in the December 2020 killing of a 31-year-old man in downtown Gatineau, Que.

Ryan Bracken was shot while inside a business onrue Eddy in the city's Old Hull neighbourhoodon the evening of Dec. 11, 2020.

Bracken was taken to hospital, where he later died of his injuries.

On Tuesday, theSret du Qubec(SQ), Quebec's provincial police force, arrested four peoplein their 20sin connection with Bracken's killing.

The four suspects, who were arrested with the help of police in Gatineau and the Outaouais,all appeared by videoconference in Gatineau court on Wednesday. Their names and ages are:

• Donte Strachan, 24.
• Tyann Strachan, 27.
• Wally Issaya Laguerre-Lamarre, 24.
• IsahiahMballa-Paulotte, 21.

All four were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder. They're scheduled to appear in court againon May 25.

Gatineau police turned the investigation over to the SQ two weeksafter Bracken was killed, citingpotential connections to organized crime.

Accoding to SQ Insp. Michel Patenaude, the four suspects all had gang connections and were known to Ottawa police, particularly for cases involving drugs.