Homicide #53/2015, Mark Ernsting, 39, Calvin Michael Nimoh, 21, charged with Second-Degree Murder, Update

Homicide #53/2015, Mark Ernsting, 39, Calvin Michael Nimoh, 21, charged with Second-Degree Murder, Update, Connection made to Robbery investigation, Further arrests made

Tuesday, December 29, 2015 - 3:15 PM

51 Division:  416-808-7400

On Tuesday, December 15, 2015, at 9:27 p.m., police responded to a call for a stabbing on McGill Street.

Excerpt of previous news release.

It is alleged that:

- once on scene, officers located a man with apparent stab wounds
- he was taken to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries a short time later.

He has been identified as Mark Ernsting, 39, of Toronto.

It is further alleged that:

- several witnesses came forward and provided suspect descriptions and a direction of travel.

At 10:26 p.m., a man was arrested in the Summerhill Avenue/Yonge Street area.

Calvin Michael Nimoh, 21, of Toronto, has been charged with:

1) Second-Degree Murder

He is scheduled to appear in court at College Park on Wednesday, December 16, 2015.

It is further alleged that:

- just prior to the homicide, at approximately 7:45 p.m., a 65-year-old woman was walking in the Yonge Street/Summerhill Avenue area

- the woman was approached by Calvin Michael Nimoh, and two women, who stabbed and robbed her of her purse

On Thursday, December 24, 2015, the women were arrested. A then-17-year-old, and Tia Thompson, 24, both of Toronto, are each charged with:

1) Robbery

2) Aggravated Assault

3) Possession of Property Obtained by Crime - Under

Tia Thompson is also charged with, in relation to the homicide:

4) Accessory after the Fact to Murder

5) Obstruct Peace Officer

The 18-year-old is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday, December 31, 2015, at 311 Jarvis, at 9 a.m., in courtroom 1.

Tia Thompson appear in court on Thursday, December 24, 2015, at College Park Courts, in courtroom 501.

Calvin Michael Nimoh, is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday, January 7, 2016, at College Park Court, in courtroom 505.

He will also be charged in relation to the robbery with:

2) Robbery
3) Assault with a Weapon
4) Weapons Dangerous

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.

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Constable Victor Kwong, Corporate Communications, for Detective Paul Worden, Homicide