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Brandon Ethier faces charge of 2nd-degree murder in death of Joshua Briere

A 27-year-old man is facing a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of Joshua Briere early Saturday morning.

Joshua Briere, 26, was stabbed to death on Clyde Avenue early Saturday morning

Brandon Ethier has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of Joshua Briere. (Laurie Foster-MacLeod)
A 27-year-old man has been charged withsecond-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of Joshua Briere early Saturday morning.
Joshua Briere was stabbed to death around 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 22, 2016. (courtesy of Joshua Briere's family)

Brandon Ethier was arrested Sunday in hospitalwhere he was being treated for a drug overdose, according to his lawyer, Doug Baum.

He made a brief court appearance Tuesday.

Police were called to1098Clyde Ave., near Castle Hill Crescent, around 2:30 a.m. Saturdaywhere a man was found critically injured outside ahouse.

Briere, 26, was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The homicide happened on Clyde Avenue early Saturday morning, and the suspect was arrested Sunday in hospital. (Robyn Miller/CBC)