Mom, where is uncle?: Saskatoons first homicide of 2025 leaves family shaken [Video]

Saskatoon’s first homicide of 2025 has left the Ghanian community mourning and shaken.

Twenty-three-year-old Alfred Okyere was found by police at a business on the corner of Millar Avenue and 70th Street Monday evening.

When they arrived, police found Okyere suffering from stab wounds. He was taken to hospital where he later died.

Those close to Okyere say he had only been in the country for four months, working a temporary job at DSI Underground.

“He’s the calmest person you could ever be with and it’s really a shock that he’s in this situation,” Alexander Osei-Owusu, a family friend of Okyere said.

Police say the suspect fled on scene but was found and arrested near 2^nd Avenue South and Spadina Crescent East.

Fifty-three-year-old Troy Leclair has been charged with first-degree murder, and the investigation is ongoing.

Friends and family gathered at provincial court Wednesday to support each other. They want Okyere to …