Police identify suspect charged in Barrhaven femicide

Yellow tape surrounds a home on Ashbourne Crescent in Ottawa Friday morning. Ottawa police are investigating the death of a woman at the home Thursday night. (Katelyn Wilson/CTV News Ottawa)

Ottawa police have identified the suspect charged in connection with the stabbing death of his mother and injuries suffered to his grandmother at a home in Barrhaven last week.

On Monday, police confirmed that Party Shah, 30, has been charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder.

• Son charged in death of mother, injuries to grandmother at Ottawa home

The victim has been identified as 60-year-old Farnaz Farahani. Police confirmed last week she was the suspect’s mother.

Shah’s grandmother, who suffered “traumatic” but non-life threatening injuries, was not identified.

He appeared in court on Friday.

Officers conducted a wellness check at a home in the 500 block of Ashbourne Crescent, near the intersection of Cambrian Road and Longfields Drive at approximately 9:45 p.m. on April 23.

Police say the suspect arrived at the Hawkesbury hospital and told staff he had murdered two people.

Police have classified the death as a femicide. It was the fifth homicide in Ottawa this year.

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