An Oshawa, Ontario father is the latest member of his family to die after suffering stabbing injuries during a horrific outburst of violence last weekend at a child's birthday party.
Police said Friday that Rick Kelly, 29, died overnight of what is being termed "unforeseen complications."
Two days earlier, his son Nathan, 3, died in Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children.
On Saturday, Leslie Kelly, Rick's 26-year-old wife, died of stab wounds incurred while trying to protect her family. However, she lived long enough to call 911.
Another son, five-year-old Riley, was also wounded in the attack. He is expected to survive.
The family had been celebrating the birthday of Brandon Kelly, 11, who wasn't injured in the attack.
Police shot and killed the attacker, Gino Petralia, 47, in an adjacent townhouse unit.
Petralia showed up at the party. His son Steven McLean, 13, Rick's half-brother, had been taken in by the Kellys after the boy's mother died this past summer. Rick asked Petralia to leave, which may have triggered the attack.
The family had planned to donate Nathan's organs to help other children. Private funeral arrangements had been planned for Nathan and Leslie.
Two trust funds have been set up in support of the Kelly family.
Donations to the "Kelly Family Trust" can be made at any CIBC Branch via Account # 00892/03-22938 or through any TD Canada Trust branch via Transit #3184 Account: # 6322034.
Rick's death makes him Durham's sixth homicide victim of 2008.
With files from The Canadian Press
Happy Fucking Birthday.
This is so sad!
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