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Man charged in fatal stabbing is son of bus-train crash victim

Police have charged an Ottawa man with second-degree murder in the death of a man whose body was found in a parked vehicle outside Billings Bridge Shopping Centre Sunday night.

Miles Krzyzewski, 25, charged after victim, 23, found dead in vehicle parked at Billings Bridge mall

A security guards patrols a parking lot at the Billings Bridge Shopping Centre the morning after a body was found in a vehicle nearby. A 25-year-old Ottawa man has been charged with second-degree murder. (Marc-Andr Cossette/CBC)

A man charged with second-degree murder in a stabbing outside an Ottawa shopping mall Sunday night is the son of a victim in the fatal Barrhaven bus-train crash in 2013, a source has confirmed to CBC News.

Police officers responding to the Billings Bridge Shopping Centre around 10 p.m. Sunday arrestedMilesKrzyzewski, 25, after receiving a 911 call from mall staff who spotted him walking around the shopping centre with injuries.

Officers were then directed to a car parked outside the mall's Walmart, where they found the bloodied body of 23-year-oldKalenBryan-Bradley.

After a brief court appearance Monday,Krzyzewskiwas charged with second-degree murder in Bryan-Bradley's death.

Krzyzewskiis the son of KarenKrzyzewski, one of six people who were killed on an OC Transpobus after it collided with an oncoming Via Rail train on Sept. 18, 2013.

2 in custody

Police foundKrzyzewskiwhen they arrived, but won't confirm the nature of his injuries. Another person found inside the vehicle was alsotaken into custody.

Ottawa police Const. Chuck Benoitsaidthe investigation is ongoing.

"There's the coroner that has to get involved to see what's the time of death. We still need to confirm ... the location of the incident itself," he said. "There's a little bit more to investigate than just finding the body in the car."

Data Centre Road was closed for the investigation until just before 7 a.m. Monday.

With files from Joe Lofaro