Kingston police have charged a man with murder after responding to an incident on Friday.
At 2:45 p.m., police responded to the area of Berrywood Crescent and Juniper Drive in Kingston, in response to a disturbance.
When police arrived, they found a male suspect who had barricaded himself inside a residence on Berrywood Crescent.
Kingston police entered the home, where they found a female victim suffering from numerous injuries. The 25-year-old woman was transported to a local hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries.
The male suspect who was also in the home at the time of police attendance was arrested by Kingston police and taken into custody.
Twenty-six-year old Hadden Harper-Brewer, has been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of his intimate partner.
Kingston police are considering this death to be a femicide as it occurred in the context of intimate partner violence. A femicide, though not yet defined in criminal law, refers to “the killing of women and girls because of their gender.”
