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CTV News
30-06-2025
- CTV News
St. Thomas Police investigating body found in gully
St. Thomas Police and the Forensic Identification Team are investigating a body found in a gully off Elmina St. in St. Thomas, Ont. on Monday June 30, 2025 (Source: Brent Lale/CTV London) The St. Thomas Police Service (STPS) is investigating after a body was found in the gully off Elmina Street on Monday morning. Detectives and the Forensic Identification team are on scene, stationed off an access path used for storm drains. Police in gully St. Thomas Police and the Forensic Identification Team are investigating a body found in a gully off Elmina St. in St. Thomas, Ont. on Monday June 30, 2025 (Source: Brent Lale/CTV London) Police have closed Elmina Street at Hemlock to the north side of the ravine, and at Oak Street on the south side while they conduct the investigation. 'The investigation is still in its early stages, and at this point there is no ID,' says Samantha Wakefield, STPS communications coordinator. 'Officers are currently on scene investigating the cause.' Police by gully St. Thomas Police and the Forensic Identification Team are investigating a body found in a gully off Elmina St. in St. Thomas, Ont. on Monday June 30, 2025 (Source: Brent Lale/CTV London) A man who owns the property and the gully tells CTV News that there is sometimes people living in the ravine, but didn't hear anything suspicious recently. Police say there is no threat to public safety and are asking the public to avoid the area.
CTV News
17-06-2025
- CTV News
‘We heard gunfire': Neighbour stunned as St. Thomas Police investigating bullet holes in home
Police are investigating after reports of shots fired in the area of Erie Street and Talequah Street. June 17, 2025. (Brent Lale/CTV News London) Multiple bullet holes can be seen in a St. Thomas residence after overnight gunfire. Around 1:45 a.m. Tuesday, police went to the area of Erie Street and Talequah Street after taking multiple 911 calls for reported gunshots heard in a neighbourhood south of Wellington Street. 'It was a little bit of a wild morning,' says neighbour Allen Elliott. 'My wife and I were sound asleep and we heard gunfire — pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, right outside our bedroom window. We jolted awake and my wife said 'Oh, that's gunfire.' We called 911 and within a few minutes, police were here.' When officers arrived, they found multiple bullet holes in a window and door on the south side of a home on Talequah Street. 'The area has been blocked off as we continue to investigate,' says Samantha Wakefield, corporate communications officer for the St. Thomas Police Service (STPS). 'We do have our forensic identification technician on scene collecting photos. The area will remain under investigation.' st thomas - bullet holes - june 2025 The St. Thomas Police Forensic Identification team investigates bullet holes in the side of a home on Talequah St. in St. Thomas, Ont. (Brent Lale/CTV News London) Officers were canvassing door-to-door in the area and the forensic team had a metal detector scanning the grass next to the home. Neighbours tell CTV News that a couple in either their late 20s or early 30s live in the home. Police believe this to be a targeted incident and as of Tuesday morning, no injuries have been reported. Police have not made any arrests and they are trying to determine what happened. 'We're in the early stages,' says Wakefield. 'We are asking members of the public if they have any information around that time of 1:45 a.m. this morning in this area, to contact police. They can submit an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers or use our QR code that's been posted on our website and social media to add any information they may have.' allen elliott - ctv Allen Elliott speaks with CTV News on June 17, 2025. (Brent Lale/CTV News London) Wakefield says new technology is in place to help the public submit tips to STPS during a major investigation. 'It allows members of the community to directly provide camera video information to police that pertains directly to the incident,' she says. 'The QR code is tagged with the incident number and goes directly to those investigating within our police service.' As police and neighbours try to determine what happened, Elliot remains stunned. 'It's pretty quiet,' he says of his dead-end street. 'We rarely get any activity here at all. The odd ambulance, but this is certainly a first. I imagine it's a first for a lot of the areas in Saint Thomas. It's a pretty quiet town'.
