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A 47-year-old man is dead after a wild fight in Overbrook early Sunday morning.

Police say the incident occurred at about 2:30 a.m. in the area of Whitton Place and Whitton Crescent, which is near the intersection of Vanier Parkway and Coventry Road.

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“A fight erupted. We don’t know how many participants there were,” said Staff Sgt. Bruce Pirt of the Ottawa police Major Crimes section. “There were many people involved…. We’ve got multiple people injured.”

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Police don’t know if the man was shot or stabbed — witnesses reported both — and are waiting for a pathologist to confirm the cause of death, Pirt said.

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