U of O student dies after being shot in broad daylight Zainab Al-Mehdar 2017/10/02, 11:27 am On Wednesday, Sept. 20, a 20-year-old man, identified as University of Ottawa student Hamza Serhan, was shot in broad daylight and found outside an Ottawa Community Housing Property at 1500 Caldwell Ave. by Ottawa Police at 3:20 p.m.