MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police have arrested Jonathan Ouellet-Gendron, ranked 10th on Canada’s top 25 most wanted fugitives list, as he arrived at Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport on Saturday.
Ouellet-Gendron, 36, was wanted on Canada-wide warrants in connection with a 2022 Saskatoon homicide and drug trafficking charges. The arrest was carried out by the Sûreté du Québec Airport Unit, the Mascouche Major Crime Investigation Division, and the Canada Border Services Agency.
He was first sought by Saskatoon police in May 2022 after the shooting death of 29-year-old Brandon Baxandall behind an apartment building on Melrose Avenue. Ouellet-Gendron was charged with first-degree murder and warned to be armed and dangerous.
He was added to the BOLO Program’s most wanted list in May 2023. Saskatoon police say another man, Mohamed Abdula Ali, was later sentenced to six years in prison for manslaughter in the same case.
Ouellet-Gendron is expected to appear in a Montreal courthouse on Sunday.