On May 26, 2020, Toronto Police responded to reports of shots fired in the area of King Street West and Blue Jays Way around 4 p.m.
The shooting happened in broad daylight in an area that is usually busy with many pedestrians during the day.
Witnesses reported hearing up to 10 gunshots before police arrived at the scene a short time later.
Dimarjio Jenkins, aka rapper Houdini, was found with gunshot wounds and was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
Jenkins, 21, was pronounced dead a short time later at the hospital.
The shooting also injured a 15-year-old boy who was with Jenkins and allegedly returned fire, as well as a 27-year-old woman who police say was a bystander.
Police said Jenkins was likely targeted.
Two weeks later at a memorial service for the rapper, gunfire erupted in a parking lot on Beverly Hills Drive, near Jane Street and the 401 Freeway.
Police said a vehicle arrived at the memorial and a gunman got out and opened fire on the crowd. At least five people attending the vigil then returned fire, police said. According to police, more than 60 rounds were fired from at least four guns of different calibers during the incident.
A short time later, police said two people from the memorial were taken to a nearby hospital with gunshot wounds.
Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the shooting, police said.
On August 13, Peel Regional Police said they had made an arrest in connection with Jenkins’ murder.
Last week, officers searched a vehicle near a facility in the area of Eglinton Avenue East and Dixie Road in Mississauga, police said.
Two firearms were located in the vehicle and a 19-year-old man in the vehicle is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for firearm-related offenses in connection with the Jenkins case.
The teenager, who is from Brampton, was a juvenile at the time of Jenkins’ murder and cannot be identified under the terms of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
He was arrested and held for a bail hearing.
Anyone with information about the homicide case is asked to contact police at 905-453-2121 extension 3515 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
