After an 18-month investigation, Peterborough police have arrested two suspects in connection with a shooting last April that left a Mississauga man dead.
On April 20, 2022, officers were called to a home in the Park Street South and Lansdowne Street area, where they found two victims with gunshot wounds.
A 29-year-old Mississauga man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and a 31-year-old Mississauga man was taken to hospital where he died from his injuries.
“This incident was the first of four shootings that happened in our community over a four-month period between April and August of 2022,” Peterborough police chief Stuart Betts said in a video statement on Tuesday (October 17) announcing the arrests.
After a thorough and lengthy investigation, Peterborough police have charged an 18-year-old man from the Greater Toronto Area with manslaughter and aggravated assault.
The man was a young offender at the time of the shooting incident and was on a youth release order for robbery and theft under $5,000.
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According to Chief Betts, the 18-year-old suspect is also currently before the courts on 20 additional charges, including six robbery charges and an attempted murder charge using a firearm in a series of carjackings in Peel Region and Toronto.
The accused man will appear in court to answer to the Peterborough charges on Friday (October 20).
Police have also charged 23-year-old Anthony Powell of Toronto with accessory after the fact for murder and accessory after the fact of aggravated assault. The accused man, who is currently in custody on unrelated drug charges, was on a release order at the time of the shooting incident. The accused man will appear in court on October 30.
