Police have made an arrest in connection with the city’s second homicide of 2023 last week.
On Tuesday morning, Peterborough Police Service Chief Stuart Better held another media conference in the downtown to update the investigation into the death of city resident Jacob Jansen on Aug. 8.
Betts said the 27-year-old man was found with a stab wound outside the Maple Moose Pub on George Street North around 11:30 p.m. that night. Jansen later died in hospital.
The police chief said an assault on Jansen “occurred on the sidewalk” in the area of George and Simcoe streets. Nearby Fleming Park was closed a day later as part of the investigation.
On Monday, Aug. 14, officers located and arrested William Weir, 32, of Peterborough, who was charged with first-degree murder.