Residents worry about 'volatile' Richmond Row atmosphere after man dies in fight
A London, Ont. man has been charged with manslaughter after a fight on Richmond Row last week that led to another man’s death.
Cell phone video circulating on social media shows two men fighting on John Street at Richmond Street. One man falls to the ground twice, before getting back up. He goes down again, but this time he doesn’t get back up. The video shows him lying flat-out on his back on the asphalt.
“One individual suffered injuries as a result of this interaction and was transported to hospital by paramedic services. He has since died in hospital as a result of those injuries,” said acting London Police Sgt. Sandasha Bough.
The fight took place Thursday, March 28, at about 1:20 a.m., according to police.
Police say on April 2, 21-year-old Malik Nathaniel Edwards died of his injuries.
Julius Moses Timme Enongene, 47, of London, has been charged with one count of manslaughter.
The two men did not know each other, according to police.
The altercation drew a crowd on spectators, with videos of the fight posted to social media. Ward Coun. David Ferreira says it’s upsetting.
“Take action within your ability to stop something like this,” he implored. “And I’m not saying get involved. But I am saying don’t stand by and watch. You know there’s people standing by commenting on videos, and that’s been circulating on the internet. I hope that the people who were filming with their phones in hand called the police first.”
The investigation has been assigned to the London Police Major Crimes Unit, said Sgt. Bough.
“They are aware of videos circulating online, and they have spoken with a number of witnesses as well,” she said.
Some neighbours said the atmosphere on Richmond Row can be volatile at times.
Anna Maria Valastro, who sits on the board of the North Talbot Neighbourhood Association, said disturbances happen so often that residents barely notice any more.
“Just open fist-fighting on the street and everyone watching, I find that very disturbing. I think part of the problem is just that Richmond Street is just deteriorating. It doesn’t serve our neighbourhood, for sure. A lot of the residents don’t frequent Richmond Street,” said Valastro.
An online crowd-funding campaign has been set up to help Malik Edwards’ family with funeral costs.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
![](https://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.6989771.1722903861!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_800/image.jpg)
Intense B.C. wildfire produces its own thunderstorm
The Calcite Creek fire, burning near the eastern edge of Manning Park, produced a pyrocumulonimbus cloud Sunday afternoon which generated thunder and lightning strikes.
Missing girl located after Amber Alert issued
Waterloo Regional Police say a missing 14-year-old girl has been located.
Festivalgoer's body found in Montreal's Olympic Basin
A 20-year-old man is dead after his body was found in the Olympic Basin on Ile-Notre-Dame.
Evacuations ordered in B.C. as water flows over landslide that dammed Chilcotin River
The B.C. government says it's "extremely unsafe" to be near the banks of the Chilcotin and Fraser rivers both upstream and downstream from a massive landslide after water started flowing through the slide early Monday.
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Missouri lawsuit to block Trump's sentencing and gag order in New York hush money case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an effort by Missouri’s Republican attorney general to lift a gag order and delay the sentencing of former U.S. President Donald Trump following his conviction in the New York hush money case.
Families of 190 corpses left rotting in funeral home owed US$950M: judge
The Colorado funeral home owners who allegedly stored 190 decaying bodies and sent grieving families fake ashes were ordered by a judge to pay US$950 million to the victims' relatives in a civil case, the attorney announced Monday.
Mom comes to pick up driver accused of stunt driving on Hwy. 417 in Ottawa
Ontario Provincial Police say an Ottawa driver whose previous stunt driving charge from May is still before the courts is now facing a new stunt driving charge.
Gatineau Olympiques to honour former goalie who died in crash
The Gatineau Olympiques have set a date to pay tribute to a former goalie who died in a collision in Ottawa this month.
911 operator calmly walks expectant mom through a surprise at-home delivery
When a 911 call came in saying a woman in Nashville was experiencing sudden labour, emergency operator Kaitlyn Kramer says her training kicked in as she successfully coached the expectant mom and bystanders through delivering a healthy baby boy.