Abdirahman Abdi: Ottawa Man

abdirahman abdi: Ontario Special Investigations Unit is investigating his death and the circumstances that led to it, according to CBC. Police said they were called to the Bridgehead coffee shop at the downtown intersection of Wellington Street West and Fairmont Avenue at 9:30 a.m. after a report of a man groping a customer. Abdirahman Abdi fatal encounter with Ottawa Police'Patient is VSA': Dispatch calls from Ottawa man fatal encounter with police2 officers under investigation in death of Ottawa man identified Abdirahman Abdi, a 37-year-old Somali Canadian man with mental health issues, died Monday, a day after he was arrested outside his apartment building. Their response led to a pursuit to 55 Hilda Street, where Abdi was detained by two officers in what some people in the area have described as a violent arrest. JM Duval was sitting in the back section of the coffee shop that morning when he said he heard a commotion at the front of the store. Witness describes fatal confrontation between Abdirahman Abdi and police Ottawa police union president calls racism speculation in fatal arrest 'inappropriate'​ Audio of the paramedic dispatch calls Call the police, call the police' JM Duval said he heard several people in the coffee shop saying the man accused of groping a woman had mental health issues, but said he didn't know if that information was communicated to police. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.