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Suspect wanted in U.S. Consulate shooting has now been arrested: Toronto police
Police say the shooting is tied to a gun-for-hire network that has been linked to 27 shootings across the Toronto area.
- Toronto police announced yesterday that the March 10 shooting at the United States Consulate is connected to a 'criminals for hire' network, which recruits young people via encrypted apps to film attacks for payment.
- Investigators report the network uses encrypted messaging apps including Whatsapp, Signal, and Telegram to hire young individuals for violent acts, a recurring modus operandi that complicates tracing the organizers behind the scheme.
- Working with the FBI, police recovered two United States-sourced handguns; one is tied to at least 21 shootings including the Consulate attack, the other to at least six.
- Authorities are seeking a 19-year-old suspect for first-degree murder, while a May court filing linked the Consulate incident to Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Al-Saadi, accused of running a terrorist network.
- Superintendent Joe Matthews noted the network's multi-layered structure increasingly recruits younger actors targeting various communities, including the Jewish community, as police continue investigating Toronto Constable Marc Pinizzotto's June 11 on-duty killing.
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Police arrest final suspect in U.S. Consulate shooting in Toronto
Toronto Police say they have arrested the last of three suspects in connection with the U.S. Consulate shooting that took place in the city’s downtown in March. The news comes just two days after police announced at a press conference that shooters for hire are believed to be behind attacks on synagogues and Jewish schools in the Toronto area, as well those at the U.S. Consulate on University Avenue, and GFL Environmental Inc. facilities and the…
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