Who Is Ottawa’s Joshua Graves? Man Killed in Ambush After Family is Murdered
Joshua Graves
Joshua Graves, the son of the family’s next-door neighbour, attacked a mother and her two daughters on Monday night.
Police were dispatched to 1273 Anoka Street on Monday night before 10:30 p.m. after receiving a 911 call from the house where screaming could be heard.
Neighbors described the family, in especially the sisters, as friendly street fixtures who they usually seen mowing the lawn or walking their dog.
Joshua had to be put to death by the police. By Wednesday afternoon, the area had been cleared of the police tape, and the Ready family home was prepared for cleaning.
Who Is Ottawa’s Joshua Graves?
Joshua Graves, 21, was shot and killed by three police officers after allegedly refusing to put down the knife he was wielding during the assault.
According to court documents, Joshua Graves was charged on June 24 with three counts of criminal harassment, assault, and sexual assault. He allegedly stalked a separate lady he went to school with from March to June of this year.
Unproven allegations claim that he routinely followed the woman, made attempts to communicate with her, and even made an attempt to kiss her. Graves was released the same day he was charged with permission from the Crown.
A copy of Joshua Graves’ release order shows that he was told to live with his mother Emily Graves in a different place instead than at his father’s home on Anoka Street, who was serving as his guarantor.
The mother of the typically non-violent son, who has a history of mental illness and was beginning to receive treatment, stated in her own statement to CBC News that she believes her son lost contact with reality.
Victim Information for Catherine Ready and Jasmine Ready
Jasmine Ready, 15, who just completed Grade 10 at the French Catholic high school Franco-Cité, and her mother Anne-Marie Ready, 50, a trade commissioner at Global Affairs, have been identified as the fatalities by Ottawa police.
The family’s 19-year-old eldest daughter, Catherine Ready, survived both the stabbing and being shot at by police. She had graduated from Franco-Cité the year before, according to the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est.
According to his relatives, who asked him to stop communicating with her, Graves had previously expressed romantic interest in one of the daughters, according to CBC.
The patrol officers found Graves stabbing Catherine Ready on the sidewalk when they got there. They instructed him to put down the knife, according to preliminary information from Ontario’s police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit.
The Family: Was Joshua Grave a Murderer?
Joshua Graves had previously exhibited romantic interest in one of the Ready girls, but had been told to stop speaking to her, his relatives claimed.
After his detention last week, the 21-year-old was forbidden from getting in touch with the woman he was accused of stalking as well as other witnesses in that case, both in person and on social media, according to court documents.
Stabbings happened three days after Graves made his court appearance for his first criminal offences. He was arrested on Thursday, given a charge, and then released on Friday.
He was also prohibited from holding any firearms, and his mother was given permission to monitor his use of electronic devices by asking all digital access credentials and device passwords. The SIU and Ottawa police are still looking into the attack on Monday.
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