(DIR) Home 18-year-old charged with 1st-degree murder of teen's stabbing death (HTM) Source ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ottawa police say they've laid a first-degree murder charge in the stabbing death of a high school student last week. On May 2, police were called to the 100 block of Constellation Drive in Nepean at around noon and found a teen in critical condition. The 15-year-old, identified by police Tuesday as Ellis Smith, was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Over the weekend, a spokesperson for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board said the victim, who had attended nearby Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School, had died. In an update on Tuesday evening, police said 18-year-old Ibrahim Ocal of Ottawa has been charged with first-degree murder, after originally being charged with aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. Police had previously not disclosed Ocal's name nor the charges he was facing. Ocal is appeared briefly in court Wednesday. Police are seen at the scene of the May 2 stabbing near the Mary Pitt Centre. (Safiyah Marhnouj/CBC) ______________________________________________________________________ Served by Flask-Gopher/2.2.1