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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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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Washington TimesToronto police say gun-for-hire networks linked to U.S. Consulate shooting
Police in Canada said Tuesday they have linked multiple shootings, including at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto in March, to “multilayered” gun-for-hire networks that have also targeted synagogues…
Toronto police: Criminal-for-hire network recruiting youth tied to recent shootings at consulate, synagogues
A series of shootings, including at the U.S. Consulate and at synagogues, are connected via a criminal network that pays young people to commit the crimes, according to the Toronto Police Service.Police Chief Myron Demkiw said at a Tuesday press conference that firearms seized by police have been used in multiple shootings by a group of people who also filmed their crimes. Police believe that the firearms are shared among the group."What we are …
Toronto police say gun-for-hire networks linked to US Consulate
TORONTO: Police in Canada said Tuesday they have linked multiple shootings, including at the US Consulate in Toronto in March, to “multilayered” gun-for-hire networks that have also targeted synagogues in the city. Toronto police Chief Myron Demkiw told a news conference that young adults are being recruited through encrypted messages and paid by the networks to carry out the
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