Police say a man has been arrested and charged in connection with the fatal shooting of another man in Scarborough last weekend.
in a Press releaseToronto police said officers received a report of a shooting in the area of Morningside Avenue and Sheppard Avenue East shortly after 3 a.m. on May 7.
Police said two men were shot in a parking lot.
According to police, Peter Oscar Khan, 36, of Ajax, was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries and was pronounced dead.
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Officers said another man in his 20s was also transported to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries but has since been released.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Toronto Det. Sgt. Tiffany Castell said officers believe Khan was attacked by the “lone suspect” because he was wearing a chain around his neck.
“That suspect ripped the chain off Mr. Khan’s neck at gunpoint and shot Mr. Khan,” he said. “The suspect then casually walked away and about 100 yards away in the parking lot, found another victim who had a chain around his neck and also ripped the chain from that individual’s neck at gunpoint.”
She said the suspect got into a white Nissan Altima and drove away.
Castell said investigators determined the suspect was also allegedly involved in another robbery in the area of Kennedy Road and Ellesmere Road earlier that day.
Castell said the force had “a great concern for public safety (because) these three chain robberies happened in 90 minutes.”
She said images of the suspicious vehicle were released to the media and to officers.
Castell said that as a result, on May 8 around 4 p.m., a “keen-eyed officer” spotted the suspect vehicle in a parking lot in the area of Kennedy Road and Ellesmere Road.
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“We moved very quickly to seize the suspect vehicle and while we were on the scene doing so, the suspect returned to the vehicle and attempted to enter the vehicle,” he said. “Our officers prevented him from doing so, (and) he ran away.”
Castell said that after a 15-minute foot chase, the suspect was arrested.
Officers identified the suspect as Johvan Waldron, 27, of Toronto.
Toronto police said Johvan Waldron, 27, of Toronto, was arrested and charged.
According to Castell, he was initially charged with robbery and detained for 72 hours.
He was charged with first-degree murder on Tuesday, Castell said.
Castell urged anyone with information to contact police.
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