Man arrested in fatal Greektown shooting of Shamar Powell-Flowers

Danforth shooting — Shamar Powell-Flowers, 29, of Toronto was identified as the victim of a fatal shooting in Toronto's Greektown neighbourhood on July 23, 2023.

Posted August 4, 2023 4:46 pm.

A 34-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of Shamar Powell-Flowers in Greektown last month.

Police say there was a fight involving multiple people in the area of Danforth and Carlaw avenues around 3:30 a.m. on July 23 and someone fired a gun. Powell-Flowers was rushed to the hospital in life-threatening condition where he was later pronounced dead.

The shooting occurred hours after an informal gathering was held a few blocks away marking five years since a man went on a shooting rampage along the bustling thoroughfare, killing two people and injuring 13 others.

Mohamud Farah of Toronto was arrested on Friday and charged with second-degree murder.

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