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Ottawa police homicide detectives are probing the city’s first killing of the New Year after an 18-year-old man from Ritchie Street was shot dead and three other males were injured in early morning gunfire at an Airbnb in Centretown, the latest incident of targeted gunfire at a short-term rental.

Police and paramedics responded at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday to reports of several people shot at the rear of a home at 490 Gilmour St., between Lyon and Kent streets. The residence had been operating as an Airbnb.

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Once emergency crews arrived, they found one man without vital signs, who was pronounced dead on scene, and three other injured males, aged 15, 19 and 20.

All three wounded were described as being in serious condition early Wednesday evening.

The slain 18-year-old man has been identified as Manyok Akol, once named one of the top 90 youth football players in the province, and who’s been rapping as FTG Metro, proudly representing the city’s west side.