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Ottawa police are probing the possibility that a man who may have drowned in the Rideau River following a pursuit Wednesday is a suspect in a high-profile homicide in London, Ont.

Muhab Sultanaly Sultan, 23, of Calgary is wanted for second-degree murder in the June 14 shooting death of 18-year-old Jeremy Cook, who had been trying to retrieve a cellphone he had left in a taxi.

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Crews were searching the Rideau River in Ottawa’s Sandy Hill neighbourhood Thursday for any trace of a man who officers saw disappear below the surface Wednesday night.

Police believe the same man tried to run down two bicycle patrol officers with his vehicle during a traffic stop at Rideau Street and King Edward Avenue at 4 p.m. Wednesday. One officer suffered minor injuries.

The vehicle was abandoned on Wiggins Private near the Strathcona Heights Community Garden after a pursuit and a male passenger was taken into custody. The driver escaped into a nearby wooded area.