Man wanted in Edmonton and Calgary homicides arrested in the U.S.
Posted August 9, 2024 4:07 pm.
Last Updated August 9, 2024 4:08 pm.
Police in the United States have arrested a man wanted for charges in two separate Alberta homicides.
Joseph Chlala, 23, was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant and was arrested in Akwesasne, NY, earlier this week.
Chalala was facing a charge of second-degree murder in the June 2023 killing of Osama Ali in Edmonton. Ali, 21, was shot multiple times and died in an alley near Allard Boulevard SW and Arthurs Crescent SW.
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At the time, Chlala was already wanted in by police, having removed his ankle monitor while waiting for sentencing for his role in the shooting death of a man in Calgary in July, 2020.
In this case, Chlala was charged along with another man and a youth and was facing first-degree murder charges. He pleaded guilty in January to the lesser charge of manslaughter and was due for sentencing on March 16.
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The Edmonton Police Service partnered with the national BOLO program in April to list Chlala among Canada’s most wanted.
EPS says they were notified on August 5, that Chlala was arrested by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police located in Akwesasne, NY. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) subsequently took custody of Chlala after he was deported from the United States.
Det. Bryan Macaulay from the EPS Homicide Section said, “We are grateful for the awareness that the Bolo Program created around Chlala This is also another great example of law enforcement agencies working together to find a suspect wanted for murder, regardless of our jurisdictional borders.”
The Edmonton Police Service partnered with the Bolo Program in efforts to locate Canada’s most wanted suspects, including Joseph Chlala.
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OPP Detective Inspector Rob Johnston said, “The OPP is a partner agency on the Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST). Maintaining border integrity is only one aspect of the BEST mandate. The cross-border cooperation, coordinated efforts and partnerships that exist between law enforcement in Canada and the United States play an integral role in occurrences such as this.”
