Waterloo Regional Police Say Anthony Gillespie, 32, Is Wanted on an Outstanding Warrant for Multiple Criminal Charges, Including Robbery With a Firearm, Attempt Murder While Using a Firearm and Possession of a Firearm Contrary to Prohibition Order, After an August 16 Kitchener Shooting in Which a 21-Year-Old Male Suffered a Gunshot Wound (October 6, 2026)
The Waterloo Regional Police Service says Anthony Gillespie, 32, is currently wanted on an outstanding warrant for multiple criminal charges, including robbery with a firearm, attempt murder while using a firearm and possession of a firearm contrary to prohibition order, and is asking for the public’s help to locate him. The release says he is wanted in connection to a shooting in Kitchener on August 16, 2026 at approximately 2:10 a.m., in the area of Queen Street North and Goudies Lane, where a 21-year-old male was suffering from a gunshot wound. The force describes Gillespie as having connections to the Toronto area. The force published the appeal on October 6. Gillespie is presumed innocent and none of the charges has been tested in court.
The Shooting in the Release
According to the release, the shooting happened in Kitchener on August 16, 2026 at approximately 2:10 a.m., in the area of Queen Street North and Goudies Lane, and a 21-year-old male was suffering from a gunshot wound. The release does not describe the man’s condition beyond that wording, and it does not say whether anyone else was present or injured.
The Charges Named in the Release
The charges below are copied exactly as the Waterloo Regional Police Service words them. The release says the warrant is for “multiple criminal charges, including” these three counts; none has been tested in court, and the release does not report a plea, a trial or a conviction.
Charges as the Force Words Them
- Count: Robbery with a firearm
- Count: Attempt murder while using a firearm
- Count: Possession of a firearm contrary to prohibition order
The third count is a charge, not a finding, and it does not by itself establish what the prohibition order was or what it arose from. The release says nothing further about it.
Why This Sits on the Beat
Kitchener is outside the primary footprint of the Greater Toronto Area, Greater Montreal and the National Capital Region, so this file needs a concrete, checkable qualifier, and it has exactly one: the release carries a count of possession of a firearm contrary to prohibition order. That is a firearm count tied in the source itself to an existing court order, which is the qualifying feature, rather than a bare possession or storage count. Nothing else in the release is offered as a qualifier. No anti-gang or organized-crime unit is named, no project name is given, no quantity is published, and no syndicate, club or cartel is named. The reference to “connections to the Toronto area” is a locating detail in a public appeal and is not offered here as an organized-crime connection.
What the Release Does Not Contain
- Full charge list: The release says “multiple criminal charges, including” the three named, and does not list the rest.
- No unit named: The release names no squad, team or section.
- No organization named: The release names no criminal organization, street gang, outlaw motorcycle club, crime family or cartel.
- No named officer and no quotation: The release carries neither.
- No detail on the prohibition order: The release does not say when the order was made, by which court, or what it arose from.
- No co-accused: The release names no one else charged in connection with the shooting.
- No last known location: Beyond saying Gillespie has connections to the Toronto area, the release does not say where he is believed to be.
- No firearm described as recovered: The release describes no seized or recovered firearm.
Timeline
- August 16, 2026, approximately 2:10 a.m.A shooting in the area of Queen Street North and Goudies Lane in Kitchener. The release says a 21-year-old male was suffering from a gunshot wound.
- Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 3:44 p.m.The Waterloo Regional Police Service publishes the appeal, naming Anthony Gillespie, 32, as currently wanted on an outstanding warrant on multiple charges, including three named ones, and gives occurrence number WA26120281.
Investigating the August 16 shooting, holds the outstanding warrant, and published the October 6 appeal. No unit within the service is named in the release.
Sources
- Waterloo Regional Police Service, “Waterloo Regional Police Seeking Wanted Male in Connection to Shooting in Kitchener,” October 6, 2026 at 3:44 p.m. — the source for the name, age, charge wording, incident date and time, location, injury wording and occurrence number in this briefing — wrps.ca
Anthony Gillespie is presumed innocent until proven guilty. The counts named here are charges on an outstanding warrant, every one of them an allegation by the Waterloo Regional Police Service as worded in its October 6 release, which is the source for the allegations in this briefing. No gang, outlaw motorcycle club, crime family, syndicate or cartel label is used here, because the release uses none. This file is outside the primary footprint, and the qualifier is the single count of possession of a firearm contrary to prohibition order, named in the release itself; no unit, project, quantity or organization is offered in support of it. No publication ban is mentioned in the release.