A suspect is facing a second-degree murder charge in the killing of a Mexican man in Toronto, police say.
Toronto police said officers responded to the area of Bayview Avenue and Highway 401 at around 4:30 a.m. on Dec. 2 for a stabbing.
There was an altercation inside a home and the victim, identified as 46-year-old Juan Carlos Gomez Salgado of Mexico, was stabbed, police said.
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He was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and died on Dec. 11.
The suspect fled the scene prior to officers arriving but returned and was arrested, police said.
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Toronto resident Rigoberto Ulin Lopez, 35, was initially charged with assault, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.
After Salgado died, the charges were upgraded to second-degree murder and assault, police said.
Salgado’s death marks Toronto’s 69th homicide of 2023.
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