A suspect wanted on a Canada-wide warrant, charged with first degree murder in Saskatoon, will be seeing his picture blasted on social media and on billboards in Saskatoon, Toronto and Montreal, and there is also now a $50,000 reward for information which leads to the arrest of Jonathan Ouellet-Gendron.
On May 19th of last year, Saskatoon Police responded to alerts of shots fired and found 29-year-old Brandon Baxandall dead behind an apartment building in the 700 block of Melrose Avenue. Both Mohamed Abdula Ali and Ouellet-Gendron were charged with first degree murder. Ali was arrested, but Ouellet-Gendron remains at large.
This past May, the Saskatoon Police Service announced a partnership with the Bolo Program, which stands for ‘be on the lookout’, and Outellet-Gendron was added to their Top 25 most wanted fugitives list, in tenth spot. Now, in Cooperation with Saskatoon Crime Stoppers, the Bolo Program has announced a $50,000 reward which is available until March 13th of next year.
Superintendent Blair Pellerin with the Saskatoon Police Service says they chose to submit Ouellet-Gendron’s name because it’s a first degree murder charge and there is a Canada-wide warrant, but also because the shooting happened on a late afternoon in a residential area. “The danger from the public from the incident that occurred was very brazen and very disruptive to our city and very dangerous to our public.”
Executive Director of the Bolo program, Max Langois, says there are no other conditions to this reward other than it leads to his arrest. You won’t have to testify in court. So, Langois says, “If you have something to say, say it now.” Not only can you submit your tip anonymously to Crime Stoppers, you can also collect your reward anonymously.
Ouellet-Gendron is the first suspect to be featured on the Bolo Program’s most wanted list for a crime committed in Saskatchewan. If you have any information, contact the police or Saskatoon Crime Stoppers. Langois emphasizes that the reward money does not come from taxpayers or any police service. The Bolo Program is funded through a charitable organization.
For more information on the Bolo program, click here.
Saskatoon Police Service: 306-975-8300
Anonymous information can also be provided to Saskatoon Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477
