Nooredin Hassan, 20, identified as Jasmine Crescent homicide victim

A 20-year-old man who served time in jail for an armed home invasion was shot and killed Tuesday evening while walking along Jasmine Crescent in Ottawa's east end.

Police have identified the man as Nooredin Hassan.

It's Ottawa'sfifth homicide of 2016and the third on Jasmine Crescent in less than a year.

Hassan collapsed after hewas shot near the intersection of Ogilvie Road just before 6:30 p.m., said Staff Sgt. Bruce Pirt on Wednesday.

He wasdiscovered by a passing motorist and taken to hospital, where he later died of his injuries,Pirt said. He added that police and paramedics arrived withinminutes of the shooting.

Witnesses said they heard squealing tires and saw vehicles leaving the scene, said Pirt. Police have not confirmed that Hassan was killed in a drive-by shooting.

'A family guy'

On Wednesday, members of the local Somali community streamed through the Hassan family's home on Cedarwood Drive in the Heron Gate neighbourhood to pay their respects.

Two men were involved in a gunfight on thatsame block on Cedarwood Drive in June 2014.

Hassanwas the fourth of five siblings, his older brother Ali Nurtold CBC Ottawa.

Hassan had attended Gloucester High School, just blocks away from where he was shot,but did not graduate, his brother said Wednesday. He added that Hassan was hoping to return to school to get his diploma.

"He's the glue who held this family together a family guy," Ali Nursaid.

Nooredin Hassan was sentenced to 19 months in jail after being charged in a November 2013 armed home invasion and a December 2013 convenience store robbery. He was also charged in a December 2013 theft atan LCBO.

He was 18 when he turned himself in to police in January 2014, police said in news release at the time.

On Tuesday evening, students involved in after-school activities at Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School, located at the same intersection as the shooting, were asked to stay indoors as a precaution as the major crimes unit investigated.

Duty Insp. Sean McDade said police were interviewing many witnesses on Tuesday night, and there was "conflicting information" on whether or not a vehicle was involved in the shooting.

No suspectshave been identified and it'stoo early to tellwhat the motive of the shooting might be, McDade said in the hours following the shooting.

Roch Rondeau, a 21-year-old who lives in the neighbourhood, didn't see the shooting but saw a young man lying on the pavement being treated by paramedics.

"It's not that good of a neighbourhood anymore," said Rondeau, adding he'd like to see more "a lot more security" in the area.

Pirt said police havesurveillance video from both the high school and a nearby daycare, but there are no trafficcameras at the intersection where the shooting happened.

Hassanhadcriminal charges against him, but police have no evidence he was a gang member, Pirt said.

2 homicides on Jasmine in 2015

In 2015, two teenagers were killed months apart on Jasmine Crescent.

Connor Stevenson, 18, was stabbed to deathin the stairwell of the neighbouringhighrisea 2020 JasmineCres., in April.DavidDubois, 19, was charged with second-degree murderin Stevenson's death.

Issaiah Clachar, 17, died after being stabbed several times outsidethe highrise apartment building at 2000 Jasmine Cr., in September. Another man was also seriously injured but survived.

Keanu Croteau, 18, andMohamad Hamade, 25, were charged withsecond-degree murder in Clachar's death. Both were also charged with attempted murder.

In December 2015, a man was shot in the back, chest and legs just off Jasmine Crescent, on Arrowsmith Drive.

Pirt said there's no obvious connection between Tuesday's shooting and the 2015 stabbing homicides, but said investigators are looking at connections to the shooting on ArrowsmithDrive.

He said that five homicide in Ottawa so early in the year is off track with the average of 10 annually. There were seven homicides in Ottawa in 2015.

"If we keep on with this trend we're on track for a record year. It could quiet down. We're hoping it does," Pirtsaid.

Tierney demands 'real solutions'

Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney, whose ward includes Jasmine Crescent, said in an email that he would be meeting with both Ottawa Police ServiceChief Charles Bordeleau and Coun. Eli El-Chantiry, chair of the Ottawa Police Services Board, on Thursday at CityHall.

Tierney said he would be calling for the installation of closed-circuit cameras in the area, additional police patrols, andquicker implementation of a neighbourhood watch program.

"I will not stop until we find real solutions to this ongoing problem," Tierney wrote.