Toronto police say a 27-year-old man who recently fled to Nova Scotia has been charged in connection with the first-degree murders of three people, including a 12-year-old boy who was an innocent bystander during a north-end shooting.
During a news conference at 31 Division Tuesday afternoon, Homicide Squad Insp. Hank Idsinga told reporters the accused in the case was arrested after getting off a plane in Halifax on Thursday.
The arrest of the accused came on the same day when Toronto police announced two suspects were charged with first-degree murder of 12-year-old Dante Andreatta Marroquin.
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Andreatta Marroquin was walking with his mother near Jane Street and Stong Court, north of Finch Avenue West, at around 2:20 p.m. on Nov. 7 when shots were fired by people in one vehicle toward another vehicle. Police said he was hit by a stray bullet. Four others were also injured.
It was alleged on Tuesday that the 27-year-old suspect drove the vehicle carrying those suspects.
Idsinga said the accused was also charged in connection with the murders of 21-year-old rap artist Dimarjio Jenkins, also known as Houdini, in May and of 27-year-old Hamdi Zakarie in October.
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“His role in facilitating those murders was that of the driver of the vehicle,” he said.
Police announced Toronto resident Cjay Hobbs was charged with three counts of first-degree murder on Tuesday after being brought back to Toronto from Nova Scotia. He is set to appear in a Toronto court on Wednesday.
More to come.