Man charged in Etobicoke homicide same suspect that shot K9 Bingo: police

Toronto police have recognized the sufferer of a focused capturing in Etobicoke and charged a person with second-degree homicide — the identical suspect related to the deadly capturing of Bingo, a member of the K9 unit.

Officers had been referred to as to The Queensway and Kipling Avenue round 7:30 p.m. on Monday, July 24, for studies of a capturing.

Authorities situated one sufferer with life-threatening accidents. They had been transported to a neighborhood hospital by way of an emergency run, the place the sufferer was later pronounced useless.

On Thursday, police recognized the person as 24-year-old Sophonias Haile of Toronto. Investigators arrested 44-year-old Kenneth Grant of Toronto. He’s been charged with second-degree homicide.

A Toronto police spokesperson tells CityNews the 44-year-old Grant was the wished man accountable for fatally capturing Bingo, a police canine that had tracked him down on foot following a report of an armed particular person.

According to the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), police had been at an house on Dixon Road on Tuesday, making an attempt to find and arrest a person for second-degree homicide. During that arrest, the person shot at cops after which fled the scene.

The accused then fatally shot Bingo, and police opened fireplace, severely injuring the armed man, now recognized as Grant.

He was scheduled to seem in court docket on Tuesday. The SIU stated the accused was in hospital with critical accidents following the Toronto police-involved capturing.

It’s unclear if Grant will face further expenses for Bingo’s dying.

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