Canada wide murder warrant issued in Orillia, Ont., homicide case
ORILLIA, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police have issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant in connection with a homicide case in Orillia, about 140 kilometres north of Toronto.
Twenty-eight year old Brian Quesnel is wanted for first degree murder in the death of an Orillia man.
Joseph Simonds was pronounced dead in hospital on June 4 after OPP officers in Orillia responded to a report of a shooting at a local residence.
Police say Quesnel is a resident of The Nation — a municipality in eastern Ontario.