Man who was on Canada’s most wanted list back in Saskatoon to face 1st-degree murder charge

Saskatoon·NewJonathan Ouellet-Gendron, who once ranked 10th on Canada’s most wanted list, appeared in Saskatoon court Friday to face a first-degree Murder charge and a raft of other charges dating back to 2020.Jonathan Ouellet-Gendron was arrested Aug. 9 in Montreal’s airport after returning from MexicoKatie Swyers · CBC News · Posted: Aug 15, 2025 12:24 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes agoJonathan Ouellet-Gendron has been wanted by Saskatoon police since May 2022 on several Canada-wide warrants for murder, drug trafficking and other gun-related offenses. (BOLO Program)A man who once ranked 10th on Canada’s most wanted list appeared in Saskatoon court Friday to face a first-degree murder charge and a raft of other charges dating back to 2020.Jonathan Ouellet-Gendron, 36, was wanted by Saskatoon Police since May 2022, after a gun battle at an apartment complex in a residential neighbourhood killed 29-year-old Brandon Baxandall. Two other people were also injured in the shooting.According to Saskatoon Police, Ouellet-Gendron was added to Canada’s Bolo program in May 2023. It was the first time Saskatoon police partnered with the program to catch someone.”At the time, he was the first person placed on this list for a crime committed in Saskatchewan,” police said in a release.Saskatoon police said they learned that Ouellet-Gendron was in Mexico in early August and then worked with the RCMP to arrest him once he returned to Canada.Ouellet-Gendron was arrested Saturday at the Montreal Trudeau Airport, more than three years after he was charged with first-degree murder for Baxandall’s death.He also faces multiple drug and weapons charges.ABOUT THE AUTHORKatie Swyers is a reporter with CBC Saskatchewan, based in Regina. She is a 2021 Joan Donaldson Scholar and has previously worked for CBC Podcasts, CBC’s Marketplace, CBC’s network investigative unit, CBC Toronto, CBC Manitoba and as a chase producer for Canada Tonight on CBC News Network. You can reach her at katie.swyers@cbc.ca.