Durham Police Charge Ryan Bullock, 33, of Port Perry With Second Degree Murder in the Death of Taylor John Frey, 32, Who Was Found With Traumatic Injuries in the Area of Water Street and Mary Street and Pronounced Deceased at the Scene (October 7, 2026)

Durham Regional Police say that on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at approximately 8:00 a.m., members from North Division responded to a sudden death call in the area of Water Street and Mary Street in Port Perry, arrived on scene and located a male with traumatic injuries who was pronounced deceased at the scene. The force has identified the victim as Taylor John Frey, a 32-year-old from Port Perry, and says the homicide unit began an investigation and identified a suspect, who was arrested at approximately 2:30 p.m., without incident. Ryan Bullock, a 33-year-old male from Port Perry, is charged with Second Degree Murder and was held for a bail hearing. The release calls the death Durham Region’s fourth homicide of 2026 and says the matter is an isolated incident with no concern for public safety. It does not describe a weapon, state a cause of death, describe any relationship between the two men, or give a date for the bail hearing.

What the Release Describes

The sequence the force publishes is short. North Division members responded to a sudden death call at approximately 8:00 a.m. on October 6. Officers arrived and located a male with traumatic injuries. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. The victim was then identified as Taylor John Frey, 32, of Port Perry.

The release credits the homicide unit with beginning an investigation and identifying a suspect. It gives the arrest time as approximately 2:30 p.m. and says the arrest was made without incident, but it does not say which investigators or which unit made the arrest. The gap between the call and the arrest, on the force’s own two times, is the same day.

The Charge

Ryan Bullock, a 33-year-old male from Port Perry, is charged with Second Degree Murder, in the force’s own wording. He was held for a bail hearing. The release gives no date for that hearing and does not report its outcome. It states that the information in the media release contains facts and circumstances obtained from a police investigation and that the allegations have yet to be proven in court.

The release names no criminal organization, street gang, outlaw motorcycle club or crime family, and nothing in it ties the death to any such group. Gangland Files does not add a label a source has not used.

The Public-Safety Line

The release says, in its own voice rather than as a quotation from any named officer: “This is an isolated incident and there is no concern for public safety.” It does not explain what the investigation relies on for that conclusion. The only officer named in the release is Det. Brian Stewart of the DRPS Homicide Unit, given as the contact for anyone with information or surveillance footage.

Ryan Bullock is charged and has not been tried. He is presumed innocent, and the single count of Second Degree Murder is an allegation by Durham Regional Police that has not been tested in court; the release itself states the allegations have yet to be proven in court. Every fact above is attributed to the force’s release or to the CP24 account, and no weapon, cause of death or motive is asserted here because neither source states one. No gang, street gang, criminal organization, crime family or outlaw motorcycle club has been named by police or by any outlet in connection with this file, and none is applied here. The incident is in Port Perry, in Durham Region inside the Greater Toronto Area, where a homicide is on this beat regardless of any stated organized-crime nexus, so no further beat qualifier applies. Neither source mentions a publication ban.