Gun Violence
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Police Put It in a Hydro Corridor at Two O’Clock and a Neighbour Puts It in an Apartment Parking Lot at Half Past: Two Hamilton Teenagers Shot on Cochrane Road, a Male in His Late Teens Arrested, and Hamilton Police Have Published Nothing At All (September 18, 2026)
Reported Friday, September 18, 2026 at 2:57 p.m. by Julia Vellucci and Danielle de Graauw of CHCH News, and at 3:16 p.m. EDT the same afternoon by Bryann Aguilar of CP24 and CTV News Toronto. Hamilton police were called at around 2 p.m. to a hydro corridor in the area of Cochrane Road and Lawrence…
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A Wedding Full of Witnesses and a Unit That Says They Have Not Told It Everything: Ottawa’s Homicide Unit Renews Its Appeal Three Years After Two Toronto Men Were Killed Outside the Infinity Convention Centre (September 3, 2026)
The Ottawa Police Service issued this appeal on Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Three years after a shooting outside the Infinity Convention Centre on the 2900 block of Gibford Drive left two men dead and six others injured, the OPS Homicide Unit says the investigation remains open and active and is renewing its…
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Ten Charges Each and Ten Months Between the Shooting and the Cells: Peel’s 22 Division Names Lavontae Bowleg, 19, of Sudbury and an Oshawa Youth in the Dawnridge Trail Attempted Murder (September 3, 2026)
Peel Regional Police published this file on Thursday, September 3, 2026 under incident PR250332134. On Sunday, October 19, 2025 at approximately 10:40 p.m., officers responding to a shooting call near Dawnridge Trail and Clifton Court in Brampton found an adult man with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening.…
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The Crown Asked for the Bracelet to Come Off Him and Go Back on the Cell Door: A Superior Court Judge Dismisses the Bail Review and Zara Jabbi Stays on House Arrest in the U.S. Consulate Shooting (August 27, 2026)
Reported Thursday, August 27, 2026 by Global News at 11:58 a.m. An Ontario Superior Court judge dismissed the Crown’s bail review Thursday morning, and Zara Jabbi, 19, remains at liberty on house arrest with GPS monitoring. This is a follow-up to the Gangland Files briefing of August 25, which covered the Crown’s application when it…
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Ten Years to the Day Since a Stray Round Off a Rivertowne Laneway Killed Peggy Ann Smith on Her Daughter’s Back Porch: Toronto Police Attribute It to a Don Mount Court and Regent Park Gang War and Still Do Not Have a Name (August 27, 2026)
Reported Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 6:02 a.m. by CP24 and CTV News Toronto, on the tenth anniversary of the killing. The Toronto Police Service has published no release on this file. Peggy Ann Smith, 61, was sitting on the back porch of her daughter’s home on Munro Street near Broadview Avenue and Dundas Street…
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Three Years and Six Days After a Shooting on Farmers Way, an Arrest in the Georgian Bay Area: Ottawa Police Charge Richard Micks, 48, With First-Degree Murder in the Killing of Granit Ahmeti, 26 (Originally Reported August 26, 2026)
This file was first reported by the Ottawa Police Service in a release issued Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 1:00 p.m., and is not a story that broke today. The OPS Homicide Unit has laid a charge in the August 19, 2023 killing of Granit Ahmeti, 26, of Ottawa. Richard Micks, 48, of the Georgian…
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Three Years and Two Months After Shots Came Out of a Car at 1580 Kingston Road: Durham Homicide Charges Fawaz Sheikh, 22, and a 19-Year-Old From Pickering With Second-Degree Murder in the Killing of Anthony Dixon, 17 (August 26, 2026)
Durham Regional Police announced on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 that its homicide unit has arrested two males in the June 18, 2023 killing of Anthony Dixon, 17, at a housing complex at 1580 Kingston Road in Pickering. Fawaz Sheikh, 22, of Ajax is charged with second-degree murder. A 19-year-old male from Pickering is charged with…
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A Black Honda Civic With No Front Plate: Toronto Police Put Out an Image After a Second Pre-Dawn Shooting at Thorncliffe Park in Four Days, and Say They Are Working Out Whether the Two Are the Same File (August 26, 2026)
Toronto Police published a firearm discharge release for the Thorncliffe Park Drive area at 12:27 p.m. on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 under case number 2026-1783581, attaching an image of a vehicle of interest described as a black Honda Civic, 2016 to 2020, with no front licence plate and tinted windows. It follows a second shooting…
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An SKS Rifle, a Shotgun and Three More Guns Off One Property: Hamilton Police Seize Five Firearms After a Sunday Evening Shots-Fired Call on Mud Street East and Release Everyone They Arrested (Reported August 25, 2026)
Hamilton Police published this file at 7:13 a.m. on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, two days after the incident. On Sunday, August 23, 2026 at approximately 6:36 p.m., officers responded to a shots fired call at an address on Mud Street East. Several individuals were seen fleeing the area on foot. Police secured the scene and…
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Casings on the Road and a House Hit From the Street at Five Past Midnight: Durham Police Call the Dooley Crescent File a Drive-By and Publish It Two Days Later With No Suspect (Reported August 25, 2026)
Durham Regional Police published this file on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, two days after the incident. At approximately 12:05 a.m. on Sunday, August 23, 2026, members of West Division responded to an armed person call in the area of Dooley Crescent and Biggs Drive in Ajax after reports of gunshots. Officers located several shell casings…