Windsor Police Headquarters, June 18, 2018. WindsorNewsToday.ca file photo.Windsor Police Headquarters, June 18, 2018. WindsorNewsToday.ca file photo.
Windsor

Man charged with murder after victim found in hospital parking lot

Windsor police say a 31-year-old man has been charged with murder after an unresponsive person was found early Wednesday.

Officers were called at around 5:30 a.m. to a parking lot at Windsor Regional Hospital's Metropolitan campus.

They found an unresponsive man with what police called a "fatal injury." The man was soon pronounced dead in the hospital's emergency room.

Investigators with the Major Crimes Unit learned that the victim was injured before being brought to the hospital and left outside.

Police say the suspect and victim were known to each other, and this was an isolated incident.

The suspect was tracked to a home on Broderick Road near North Townline Road in LaSalle. Members of the Windsor police's Emergency Services Unit executed a search warrant and made an arrest.

Brandon Gerard Leigh is charged with first-degree murder.

The charge has not been proven in court. The investigation is ongoing.

The victim was a 44-year-old man whose name has not been released.

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