Young people being paid to carry out shootings at consulate, synagogues, Toronto police say
Police say young adults were paid to carry out shootings across the GTA, including a March attack at the U.S. Consulate and synagogue incidents.
- Toronto police exposed a sweeping "criminals-for-hire" network targeting teenagers and young adults across the Greater Toronto Area to execute targeted shootings.
- Recruits are targeted via encrypted messaging apps like Telegram, Signal, and WhatsApp, where anonymous "bad actors" offer cash payments and strictly require shooters to film the gunfire on their mobile devices as visual proof to receive their payouts.
- The operations have been textually and ballistically linked to dozens of shooting incidents, with investigators confirming that two handguns seized during dawn raids last week have already been tied to 27 separate shootings across the region.
- The network's targets include high-profile community sites, such as multiple pre-dawn shootings at local synagogues, Jewish schools, and a March 10 attack outside the U.S. Consulate.
- A deadly raid last week led to the arrest of key suspects, including a 19-year-old charged with first-degree murder in the line-of-duty death of veteran Emergency Task Force Constable Marc Pinizzotto, while Toronto police actively coordinate with the FBI to trace the broader orchestration of the network.
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Toronto police link gun-for-hire networks to shootings at synagogues, consulate
'There's been a lot of reporting about criminal groups and foreign actors,' said the Toronto Police chief. 'What I can tell you is that we are still working actively to investigate who is responsible for orchestrating these criminal acts'
Toronto police say young people are being recruited online to shoot at synagogues
Police in Toronto announced on Tuesday that they believe young adults are being hired and paid online to shoot at local synagogues. The announcement follows a string of arrests in connection with shootings at a range of targets in the Canadian city, including multiple synagogues. “What we know is bad actors are using criminal elements in our city to carry out these dangerous incidents,” Toronto Police Service Chief Myron Demkiw said at a press c…
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The Batesville Daily GuardToronto police link gun-for-hire networks to shootings at US Consulate and synagogues
Toronto police have linked multiple shootings, including one at the U.S. Consulate in March, to complex gun-for-hire networks. Police Chief Myron Demkiw says young adults are being recruited through encrypted messaging apps to carry out attacks. Some firearms used in…
Youth being recruited to carry out shootings against Jewish, US targets, Toronto police chief says
"Through encrypted messaging apps, young people are hired to carry out attacks against various targets. And in order to get paid, they're required to film their attacks," said police chief Demkiw.
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