18-year-old shot by police after fatal stabbing had prior domestic assault charges, documents show

An 18-year-old man shot and killed by London police last week after the fatal stabbing of Breanna Broadfoot had been previously accused of assaulting and choking the 17-year-old girl, and was under a court order not to contact her, CBC News has learned. 

Broadfoot died in hospital on Thursday, two days after she was stabbed at a home in the city's east end in a case police have linked to intimate partner violence.

Officers arriving at 86 Wellesley Cres. that night found Broadfoot with severe injuries and a 22-year-old man with minor injuries, as well as an 18-year-old man who they say confronted them with a knife. He was shot by police and later died in hospital.

Court documents obtained by CBC News show an 18-year-old man, identified as Kuhkpaw Moo of London, had been charged with assault, and assault with choking, suffocation, or strangulation after an alleged incident in March.

Broadfoot is listed as the victim in the documents, which identify the case as being intimate partner violence. 

The documents list the accused's residence as being 86 Wellesley Cres., the same home where last week's week's stabbing occurred, and an online obituary for an 18-year-old with the same name includes an identical date of birth.

Police have declined to identify the 18-year-old man, citing an investigation into the conduct of the officers by the Special Investigations Unit. The SIU has said it is not legally allowed to release his name. 

Speaking with CBC News recently, Broadfoot's parents said the man who stabbed  their daughter last week had been dating her for eight months, and said an assault in March left her hospitalized. She was trying to break up with him, they said. 

The court documents show Moo was arrested on March 15 and released that day after promising to appear in court the following month. His release on an undertaking came with conditions that he not communicate with Broadfoot, or go within 50 metres of her, or where she lived, worked, or went to school. . 

Moo was also ordered not to possess a firearm, crossbow, or any prohibited or restricted ammunition, devices, or weapons.

The 18-year-old was due back in court on July 31.

Reached by phone, Moo's lawyer, Brendan Neufeld, declined to comment to CBC News. He also declined to comment when asked if his client was dead.

Broadfoot's family have also declined to share his name, saying the SIU asked them not to.

Members of Moo's family declined to speak with CBC News when a reporter visited the Wellesley Crescent home on Tuesday.