Teen shot, killed in residential part of Centretown

Ottawa police respond to a fatal shooting in Centretown on Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin Guay - image credit)
Ottawa police respond to a fatal shooting in Centretown on Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin Guay - image credit)
Ottawa police respond to a fatal shooting in Centretown on Sept. 15, 2024.
Ottawa police respond to a fatal shooting in Centretown on Sept. 15, 2024.

Ottawa police respond to a fatal shooting in Centretown on Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin Guay)

Ottawa police say an 18-year-old man was shot and killed around Percy and Nepean streets at about 9:45 p.m. Sunday.

They said in an email they don't have a suspect in custody and their investigation continues.

Police vehicles remained on the block of Nepean Street between Bronson Avenue and Percy Street the morning of Sept. 16, 2024 after a fatal shooting nearby the previous night.
Police vehicles remained on the block of Nepean Street between Bronson Avenue and Percy Street the morning of Sept. 16, 2024 after a fatal shooting nearby the previous night.

Police vehicles remained on the block of Nepean Street between Bronson Avenue and Percy Street the morning of Sept. 16, 2024 after a fatal shooting nearby the previous night. (Joseph Tunney/CBC)

Police are still in the process of notifying the victim's family and aren't ready to release his name, they said.

The scene is a residential area behind an elementary school a little more than a kilometre southwest of Parliament Hill.