Toronto man arrested after fatal shooting near Kensington Market
Posted October 2, 2023 12:43 pm.
Last Updated October 2, 2023 3:19 pm.
A Toronto man is facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with a fatal downtown shooting near Kensington Market earlier this year.
On Aug. 21, officers were called to the area of College Street and Spadina Avenue around 4:50 a.m. for reports that someone had been shot.
Police say there were a group of males arguing outside when one man allegedly pulled out a gun and shot another man.
A man in his 40s was found outside a storefront on Spadina with gunshot wounds. He was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries where he was eventually pronounced dead.
The victim has been identified as 41-year-old Oluwobi ‘Tobi’ Alaga of Toronto.
On Saturday, investigators arrested a suspect in Innisfil Ont., south of Barrie, with help from Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and South Simcoe Police.
Toronto resident Carlos Swaby-Palacios, 26, is facing a first-degree murder charge. The accused appeared in a Toronto courtroom on Sunday.
Anyone with additional information is being asked to contact police.
