OPP look for potential video in connection to last week's homicide in Carleton Place

OTTAWA -- Ontario Provincial Police are asking the public for any surveillance video following last week's murder in Carleton Place.

At approximately 4 a.m. on July 15, a man was located with serious injuries at a motel on Highway 17.  Police say the 57-year-old man was transported to hospital following an assault.

Patrick Robert Lynch of Mississippi Mills died of his injuries in hospital.

The suspect was arrested at approximately 1 p.m. without incident.  30-year-old Shane Sabourin has been charged with first-degree murder.

In a statement on Wednesday, the OPP said its "seeking potential video from the public in relation to last week's homicide in Carleton Place."

Anyone in a defined area of Carleton Place (see map), who has business or residential surveillance video, is asked to contact Lanark OPP at 1-888-310-1122.

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  OPP carry out a homicide investigation at the 7 West Motel in Carleton Place, Ont., on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Emergency Alerts were distributed as OPP searched for a suspect who is at large in the area. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

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  Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a homicide at the 7 West Motel in Carleton Place, Ont. July 15, 2020. (Christina Succi / CTV News Ottawa)

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  OPP have charged Shane Sabourin, 30, of Carleton Place, Ont.with first-degree murder in connection with a homicide July 15, 2020. (OPP handout)