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Ottawa police homicide investigators have charged a 23-year-old Ottawa man with second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a 58-year-old man who died in hospital on Saturday.

Tyler Richard appeared in court on Sunday and was remanded in custody. A second man who was arrested in the case was released without charges, police said.

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Shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday, police had responded to a stabbing with “serious injuries” on Murray Street between Cumberland and Nelson Streets.

Police have identified the victim of Ottawa’s third homicide in 2020 as Gholam Alisalehie.

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