‘Who got here to kill our son?’ Household pleads because the seek for homicide suspects continues on Sunday
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Loris Tyson Ndongozi, 20, was fatally shot Sunday night when his family brought up the pointless killing of a gentle giant.
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Loris Tyson Ndongozi was fatally shot late Sunday evening. Photo from Facebook /Facebook
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Jooris Ndongozi only wanted to see the place where his son was killed.
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Loris Tyson Ndongozi, 20, was fatally shot Sunday night when his family brought up the pointless killing of a gentle giant and a promising young athlete who left his friends and community in shock.
“He was an innocent child,” said his grieving father Monday morning when he visited the York Street scene, begging an officer to go over the cordon.
Ottawa police detectives were on site early Monday morning, and evidence was scattered in the cobbled playground behind Ste-Anne Catholic Elementary School near the adjacent York Street public school.
Police distributed two photos of “People of Interest” at the Lowertown shooting, in which a second 20-year-old man was seriously injured. Both men were hospitalized on Sunday evening. The second man should survive, according to the police. He has not been publicly identified.
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York Street remained cordoned off near the intersection of Beausoleil Drive as police continued their investigation Monday. Neighbors watched from their balconies as police combed the crime scene near Jules Morin Park in Lowertown, where friends and family gathered Monday morning to seek answers.
Loris Tyson Ndongozi’s father, Jooris, was at the scene on Monday and spoke to the police. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postal media
“We came from our country because we wanted peace, we saw blood on the streets. Now we are in Canada, the best country, and they keep shooting, ”said Ndongozi’s uncle Donatien Dondogori. “Who came to kill our son?”
The family fled war-torn Burundi four years ago in search of a peaceful life in Canada.
His son was known as Tyson to his teachers at Samuel Genest High School – but he was known as “Pancake” to his York Street crew and teammates at North Gloucester Giants Football Club.
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The Ottawa Police Department is seeking public assistance in identifying two people interested in the deadly shooting on York Street. Photo delivered by /Ottawa Police Department 
The Ottawa Police Department is seeking public assistance in identifying two people interested in the deadly shooting on York Street. Photo supplied by photo /Ottawa Police Department
He earned this nickname, his friends said on Monday, because of his natural ability to “pancake” opponents on the grill.
“He was a really happy, sincere guy, he wanted to play soccer in August,” said 17-year-old Yasmin Molly, who gathered with a group of friends to mourn the loss of the happy, open-minded young aspiring soccer star.
Yasmin Molly, who met with a group of friends Monday to mourn the loss of Loris Tyson Ndongozi, called him “a really happy, sincere guy.” Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postal media
“He was always down here to make everyone happy, he was a star in the room,” she said. “He was really loving.”
Ndongozi had just graduated from high school two weeks ago and had recently been recruited into Quebec’s acclaimed Notre Dame Division I football program.
He wanted to visit the school’s CEGEP campus this fall with a scholarship.
This success meant the world to his family.
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“He was a big, strong guy. He loved playing soccer, playing basketball, ”his father said, proudly describing his son’s immense talent and natural abilities as he flipped through the final graduation photos on his phone.
“My boy was a very good boy. He was an innocent child. “
Loris Tyson Ndongozi’s father, Jooris, was hugged by a close family friend at the crime scene on Monday. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postal media
In a Facebook post in January announcing his commitment to the Notre Dame program, Ndongozi thanked “everyone who was there for me on my trip,” and especially his coaches at the North Gloucester Giants.
Giants head coach Chris Lalonde said he knew it was bad news when he woke up with dozens of messages on his phone early Monday morning.
“He was my little brother,” said Lalonde, battling emotions as he prepared for the first day of training camp on Monday for the Giants’ upcoming 2021 season.
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He was supposed to meet Ndongozi, an offensive lineman, for training on Monday morning, and Ndongozi was supposed to help train the new recruits – whom he affectionately called “the babies.”
“The last message I got from him was around 10:40 pm and he said, ‘Coach, I can’t wait to train the babies,'” Lalonde said.
His family has had so many difficulties just to get to Canada, his uncle said.
Loris Tyson Ndongozi Photo from Facebook /Facebook
“We are a minority in our own country, we have seen very bad things in Burundi. We left our country, we left a lot of things behind, we had to pay so much to leave, and we are lucky enough to find each other here (in Ottawa). “
Although he was trained as a mechanical engineer in Burundi and practiced his trade in several countries in Africa, Dondogori had to go back to college after arriving in Canada. He attended the Collège La Cité for his HVAC certification. Jooris Ndongozi works in photography, video marketing and promotion and said his son is also a talented photographer.
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“We worked so hard here, we do the little jobs,” he said. “And when we got here, we thought we would find peace. We thought we were safe. “
The homicide squad of the Ottawa police investigated on the spot on Monday. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postal media
Police were called to York Street near Beausoleil Drive at 11:54 p.m., where they found the two men injured.
Anyone with information was asked to contact Homicide at 613-236-1222 ext. 5493.
Ndongozi’s murder marks the tenth murder in 2021 and comes almost exactly four years after Ashton Dickson, 25, who was a star football player for St. Patrick’s High School and later Saint Francis-Xavier University, on 26th 2017 , outside a bar on Rideau Street. There were no arrests related to this murder.
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Local Ottawa police marked evidence Monday morning. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postal media 
Jooris Ndongozi was there on Monday and spoke to the police. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postal media 
Loris Tyson Ndongozi’s uncle, Donatien Dondogori, spoke to the media about his nephew. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postal media 
Loris Tyson Ndongozi Photo from Facebook /Facebook 
The homicide squad of the Ottawa police investigated on the spot on Monday. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postal media 
Local Ottawa police marked evidence Monday morning. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postal media
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