Overview
- A veteran Emergency Task Force member, Const. Marc Pinizzotto, was shot while officers executed a high‑risk search warrant and later died at Sunnybrook Hospital.
- Police say the raid was one of several warrants carried out across the Greater Toronto Area that related to a series of shootings, including the March attack on the U.S. Consulate.
- One suspect shot during the exchange, 19‑year‑old Nicholas Bennett, is in hospital and is to face a first‑degree murder charge, while 19‑year‑old Zara Jabbi is wanted and described by police as armed and dangerous.
- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit has invoked its mandate to probe the police‑involved shooting and federal and cross‑border inquiries continue as U.S. prosecutors have linked the consulate attack to an alleged Iran‑linked network.
- The city has paid tribute to Pinizzotto and residents at the North York building where the shooting occurred have voiced fear after a past stray‑bullet death at the same complex, and authorities are urging the public to report tips to 911.