11 June 2026 - Toronto Police Officer killed in raid linked to U.S. consulate shooting

[The Bread Guy]

Another one nabbed & charged: "... Sheldon Tracy-Stewart, 18, accused of firing a gun at the consulate and committing a violent attack on the official premises of an internationally protected person ..."

18-year-old man accused of firing gun at U.S. consulate in Toronto arrested

Toronto police have arrested and charged another suspect in the consulate shooting on Thursday, a court document shows.

www.cp24.com

Toronto police charge teen in connection with U.S. consulate shooting | Globalnews.ca

Sheldon Tracy-Stewart was arrested and charged on Thursday with 11 counts, including discharging a firearm, illegal firearm possession and vehicle theft.

globalnews.ca

Third suspect still at large as of this post.

 

[lenaitch]

"Hired Guns Becoming Younger, Cheaper and Mor Plentiful"

https://archive.ph/94DtS

 

[Booter]

Been that way for about a decade on the rez. All the crime orgs use the youngest offenders they can because they don’t do time.

As conversation piece, I hope it doesn’t turn out that there was some pressure on ETF to deal with it that day- generally, for known violents with no known immediate public safety concern, they would use a tactic where they are covert in the neighbourhood and take the suspects down outside of the building when they went to go mobile- they would then do the entry on the building with a more mitigated threat assessment. Safer for the occupants of the building, the police, and the suspects.

There are a few reasons why you would do it a different way- but this would have been option A in planning for this type of building. They may have moved on from that conversation for some reason we aren’t going to know- but that would be the first route. I, and so has everyone else, have done things differently so it’s no shot at the great team in Toronto. It’s just some trivia when you look at this or incidents like it. Normal NTOA recommendation that you see everywhere kinda deal. no secrets there it’s right in the NTOA TROs

My concern would be some political pressure to resolve this embassy thread and that having primacy over good planning. I doubt we ll ever be given that info but it raises an eyebrow knowing the history of this building and the US demands to resolve that shooting. (It also could be they had A great other plan.)



Or maybe it was something else

 

[The Bread Guy]

"Hired Guns Becoming Younger, Cheaper and Mor Plentiful"

https://archive.ph/94DtS

More on that angle out today ...

Guns-for-hire networks behind Toronto shootings, including at U.S. Consulate: police

TORONTO — Multiple shootings in Toronto, including one at the U.S. Consulate in March, have been linked to "multi-layered" gun-for-hire networks that recruit young people to carry out the crimes, police said Tuesday. Chief Myron Demkiw said similar ne...

lethbridgenewsnow.com

... with an overview from TPS out today (also attached) on the various charges folks face dealing with different incidents:

"... On April 15, 2026, Jayon Burgher, 18, of Barrie, was arrested by Halton Regional Police Service in relation to a firearm discharge targeting a residence in Oakville on March 29, 2026. While in custody, he was charged by the Toronto Police Service in relation to the firearm discharge event on March 26, 2026, targeting a business in the Islington Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard West area.

Charges:

1. Discharge a Restricted Firearm or a Prohibited Firearm into or at a Place
2. Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm in a Motor vehicle
3. Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
4. Possession of a Firearm knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
5. Possession of a Firearm or Ammunition contrary to Prohibition Order
6. Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5000
7. Flight while being Pursued by Peace Officer

He appeared at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre, 2201 Finch Avenue West, on April 16, 2026, in room 105.

An image of the accused has been released.

On June 11, 2026, five search warrants were executed in Toronto by the Toronto Police Service with the support of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Two suspects - Sheldon Tracey-Stewart, 18, and Nicholas Bennett, 19 - were arrested at two separate locations in the Black Creek Drive and Trethewey Drive area.

Sheldon Tracey-Stewart, 18, of Toronto, was arrested and charged in relation to the shooting at the U.S. Consulate on March 10, 2026. During the search warrant, a loaded handgun was seized by police.

Charges:

1. Theft of Motor Vehicle
2. Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5000
3. Discharge a Restricted or a Prohibited Firearm at a Place
4. Attack on Premises of Internationally Protected Persons
5. two counts of Possess of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
6. two counts of Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
7. two counts of Fail to Comply with Release Order
8. Possess a Firearm Knowing Serial Number Has Been Tampered With

He appeared at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre, 2201 Finch Avenue West, on June 11, 2026, in room 105.

An image of the accused has been released.

During the execution of a search warrant, it is alleged that Nicholas Bennett, 19, of Toronto, shot and killed Toronto Police Service Constable Marc Pinizzotto. Officers returned fire and he was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries. A handgun was seized by police. He is expected to be charged with:

1. First Degree Murder

Nicholas Bennett is also expected to be charged in relation to the firearm discharge that occurred on March 25, 2026, in the area of Markham Road and Eglinton Avenue East targeting a high rise unit.

Charges:

1. Occupy Motor Vehicle with Firearm, ETC.
2. Have Face Masked/Disguised , ETC.
3. Discharge Firearm into a Place /Reckless to Others
4. Possess Firearm without Holding a Licence
5. Possess Firearm other than Restricted or Prohibited Firearm Knowingly Not Holding a Licence
6. Possess Loaded Regulated Firearm
7. Breach of Probation

Nicholas Bennett is also expected to be charged in relation to the firearm discharge that occurred on March 26, 2026, in the area of Islington Avenue and Lake Shore Blvd West targeting a business.

Charges:

1. Discharge a Restricted Firearm or a Prohibited Firearm into or at a Place
2. Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm in a Motor vehicle
3. Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
4. Possession of a Firearm knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
5. Possession of a Firearm or Ammunition contrary to Prohibition Order
6. Possession of Property Obtained by crime over $5000
7. Breach of Probation

Investigators are awaiting results of forensic ballistics currently being performed on a firearm seized during the search warrants to determine additional linkages ..."

Suspect Zara Jabbi is still at large as of this post according to TPS.

 

[lenaitch]

Fire a couple of rounds into a contractor's house in Vaughan, into a building on University Ave. or at a tow truck - the money's the same and I'll bet the shooters don't know or care who or what the target is - or why they're getting shot at.