Chantel Ritchie and her husband Nick Ritchie — the Indigenous victim's brother — recently moved to Ottawa from Kitchener, Ont., and invited the victim, who'd been struggling with mental illness from a young age, to live with them. It was taking time, but they were getting things going for his medical intake," Chantel Ritchie said in a phone interview Thursday night. Early that morning, the victim was in good spirits after getting his Ontario Disability Support Program payment and buying coffee nearby, Chantel Ritchie said. Chantel Ritchie, meanwhile, moved to the living room, where she could see police attending to someone on the ground. "I could tell right away he suffered from mental illness, but when he was around family he was very happy.

Source: CBC News February 01, 2019 14:46 UTC