Six men arrested in Shooting investigation, Yonge Street and Gould Street

Six men arrested in Shooting investigation, Yonge Street and Gould Street

Tuesday, June 18, 2019 - 7:00 AM
51 Division:  416-808-5100

The Toronto Police Service would like to inform the public of arrests made in a shooting investigation.

On Friday, June 14, 2019, at approximately 4:17 a.m., officers were on patrol and monitoring a large crowd in the Yonge Street and Gould Street area.

It is alleged that:

- a 19-year-old man became involved in an altercation with another man

- the other man produced a gun and shot the 19-year-old man

- he continued to shoot even as the 19-year-old had fallen

- he then fled with a group of friends

- officers, responding to the sound of gunshots, stopped the group

- guns and drugs were seized from the group

Abdulrahman Abdullahi, 23, of Toronto, is charged with:

1. Attempt Murder
2. Discharge with Intent
3. Possess Prohibited Device Knowing No Authority
4. Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
5. Careless Storage of a Firearm
6. Careless Storage of Ammunition
7. Possession of a Restricted Firearm with Ammunition
8. Possession of a Firearm Knowing Its Possession is Unauthorized

Kamal Hassan, 26, of Toronto, is charged with:

1. Attempted Murder
2. Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
3. Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
4. Fail to Comply with Recognizance

Ilyas Riyaleh, 23, of Toronto, is charged with:

1. Carry Firearm in a Careless Manner
2. Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
3. Possession of Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
4. Possess Prohibited or Restricted Firearm with Ammunition
5. Carry Concealed Weapon

Jovane Watson, 20, of Toronto, is charged with:

1. Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Cocaine
2. Possession of Proceeds of Crime

Zachary Cust, 21, of Toronto, is charged with:

1. Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
2. Careless Storage of a Firearm
3. Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
4. Carry Concealed Weapon
5. Possession of a Restricted Firearm with Ammunition
6. Proceeds of Crime Not Exceeding $5,000
7. Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Cocaine

Nathaniel Campbell, 33, of Toronto, is charged with:

1. two counts of Carry Concealed Weapon
2. two counts of Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
3. two counts of Possession of a Firearm Knowing Its Unauthorized
4. two counts of Careless Storage of a Firearm
5. two counts of Possession of a Restricted Firearm with Ammunition
6. two counts of Possess Prohibited Device Knowing No Authority
7. three counts of Possession of a Firearm While Prohibited
8. three counts of Fail to Comply with Release

They were scheduled to appear in court at College Park on Monday, June 17, 2019, at 10 a.m., in room 501.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5100, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, online on our Facebook Leave a Tip page, or 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 David Hopkinson, Corporate Communications, for Detective Cory Fougere, 51 Division