The Toronto Police Service would like to make the public aware of several arrests in a shooting investigation.
On Tuesday, June 23, 2020, at approximately 12:20 a.m., the Toronto Police Service responded to multiple 9-1-1 calls regarding reports of gunfire in the area of
Jane Street and Grandravine Drive.
It is alleged that:
- officers attended the area and located two shooting scenes, which contained a total of 25 shell casings
- the shooting occurred after a white SUV, travelling southbound on Grandravine Drive, began shooting into a crowd that had gathered in the parking lot of
279 Grandravine Drive
- multiple people in the crowd responded to the gunfire by drawing their own handguns and returned fire towards the SUV
- the SUV then fled the area
- two men involved in the shooting were identified and arrested. As police made the arrest, the officers were swarmed by bystanders in the area
The Emergency Task Force, the Integrated Gun and Gang Task Force, and officers from 31 Division, conducted search warrants on three residences in the area. It is further alleged that two semi-automatic 9mm handguns and ammunition were located.
On Tuesday, June 23, 2020, the following arrests were made:
Ricardo Bernard, 30, Toronto, has been charged with:
1. two counts of Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
2. Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
3. two counts of Careless Storage of Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition
4. two counts of Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
5. Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited or restricted Weapon
6. Possession of a Prohibited Device or Ammunition Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
7. Careless Storage of Firearm, weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition
8. Possession of Firearm or Ammunition Contrary to Prohibition Order
He was scheduled to appear in court at 2201 Finch Avenue West on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at 10 a.m.
Sabrina Herdsman, 22, of Toronto, has been charged with:
1. two counts of Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
2. Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
3. two counts of Careless Storage of Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition
4. two counts of Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
5. Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited or restricted Weapon
6. Possession of a Prohibited Device or Ammunition Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
7. Careless Storage of Firearm, weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition
She was scheduled to appear in court at 2201 Finch Avenue West on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at 10 a.m.
Jerome Walcott, 27, of Toronto, has been charged with:
1. two counts of Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
2. Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
3. two counts of Careless Storage of Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition
4. two counts of Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
5. Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited or restricted Weapon
6. Possession of a Prohibited Device or Ammunition Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
7. Careless Storage of Firearm, weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition
He was scheduled to appear in court at 2201 Finch Avenue West on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at 10 a.m.
Omar Simpson, 29, of Toronto, has been charged with:
1. two counts of Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
2. Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
3. two counts of Careless Storage of Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition
4. two counts of Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
5. Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited or restricted Weapon
6. Possession of a Prohibited Device or Ammunition Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
7. Careless Storage of Firearm, weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition
8. two counts of Possession of Firearm or Ammunition Contrary to Prohibition Order
9. Fail to Comply with Probation Order
He was scheduled to appear in court at 2201 Finch Avenue West on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at 10 a.m.
Wayne Cato, 27, of Toronto, has been charged with:
1. two counts of Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
2. Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
3. two counts of Careless Storage of Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition
4. two counts of Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
5. Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited or restricted Weapon
6. Possession of a Prohibited Device or Ammunition Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
7. Careless Storage of Firearm, weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition
He was scheduled to appear in court at 2201 Finch Avenue West on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at 10 a.m.
A 17 year-old boy of Toronto has been charged with:
1. two counts of Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
2. Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
3. two counts of Careless Storage of Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition
4. two counts of Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
5. Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited or restricted Weapon
6. Possession of a Prohibited Device or Ammunition Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
7. Careless Storage of Firearm, weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition
8. two counts of Possession of Firearm or Ammunition Contrary to Prohibition Order
He was scheduled to appear in court at 2201 Finch Avenue West on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at 10 a.m.
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Illegal firearms and gun-related crime continue to be a service priority.
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