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Sunday, September 07, 2014

Homicide #30/2014, Alexandre Joseph Lavallee, 53, Paul Douglas Richard, 56, charged with Second-Degree murder

Toronto Police Service
News Release

Homicide #30/2014, Alexandre Joseph Lavallee, 53, Paul Douglas Richard, 56, charged with Second-Degree murder

Sunday, September 7, 2014 - 3:15 PM
51 Division:  416-808-7400

The Toronto Police Service would like to make the public aware of Homicide #30/2014, and the subsequent arrest.

On Friday, September 5, 2014, at approximately 3:15 p.m., 51 Division officers on patrol were flagged down by a concerned citizen in the Parliament Street/Wellesley Street East area, regarding an assault that had just occurred in a nearby parkette.

Police located a man with obvious facial injuries. The man was taken to hospital.

On Saturday, September 6, 2014, the man succumbed to his injuries. He has been identified as Alexandre Joseph Lavallee, 53, of no fixed address.

A post-mortem examination is scheduled for Sunday, September 7, 2014.

It is alleged that:
Alexandre Joseph Lavallee,
53, Victim in Homicide
#30/2014, (circa 2007)


- the 53-year-old man was in the parkette when another man, who was known to him, approached and began assaulting him

- the other man was identified as Paul Douglas Richard, 56, of Toronto

On Saturday, September 6, 2014, the 56-year-old man was arrested. He is charged with:

1) Second-Degree murder

He was scheduled to appear in court on Sunday, September 7, 2014, at Old City Hall, in courtroom 101.

Homicide investigators appreciate the members of the community who came forward and assisted with the investigation which ultimately lead to the identification and arrest.
Alexandre Joseph Lavallee,
 53, Victim in Homicide
#30/2014, (June, 2014)


Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or Leave A Tip on Facebook. Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.

For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.

Constable Victor Kwong, Corporate Communications, for Detective Joyce Schertzer, Homicide





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