Ottawa police have Boisclair murder suspect in custody

Ottawa police have a male suspect in custody in connection withSaturdays fatal stabbing on Somerset Street West.

Police sources toldCBC News the man was arrested just before noon on Sunday.

Police have been investigating Ottawas ninth homicide of the year since early Saturday morning, when an injured man was taken from 494 Somerset St.Wand later pronounced dead.

The victim has been identified asAndr Boisclair, a man with a criminal past who once admitted to driving a getaway car after a murder.

Boisclair, 37,admitted during a trial to driving a getaway car after the murder of Douglas Earl Joe in May of 1997.

A retrial was called but Boisclair refused to testify, resulting in a Canada-wide warrant issued by the RCMP in 2008.

In the warrant, they said Boisclair was the son of Andr Gagnon, a prominent member of local biker gang the Ottawa Outlaws.

The RCMP also said at the time thatBoisclair was a long-time bank robber and should be considered violent.

The investigation into his death continues.