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A suspect is apparently in custody in connection with the Friday night shooting death of a man in the at the north end of ByWard Market Square at York Street.

Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury said Saturday police have told him an 18-year-old suspect has been arrested. It’s was not known when the suspect was arrested.

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The victim has been identified as Markland Anthony Campbell, also known as Jahiant Jahh, a member of the hip-hop trio HalfSizeGiants.

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The other members of the group are Christopher Wiens and William Moreno. They all met in junior high in Ottawa.

Wiens said Campbell, a 42-year-old father, was shot the chest and died in surgery.

He had left work at the Shaw Centre to rush to his daughter’s aid in the ByWard Market, Wiens said.

“He was rushing to defend his 18-year-old daughter’s dignity after she called to say she was being assaulted by a couple of men,” Wiens said.

Wiens recalled how Markland at the age of 16 led an anti-violence concert to protest the March 1994 death of Nicholas Battersby on Elgin Street.