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Toronto police make Christmas Eve arrest in 1st-degree murder case

Police tape is seen in this file photo. Isaac Callan/Global News

Police in Toronto say they have arrested a 51-year-old and charged them with first-degree murder in relation to a shooting earlier this month.

On Dec. 9, just after 4 a.m., police were called to the area of Fairholme Avenue and Shermout Avenue near Lawrence West Subway Station in North York.

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Police arrived at the scene to find a man had been shot outside a home on Fairholme Avenue. Officers later identified the victim as 69-year-old Mariano De-Marco.

On Tuesday, Dec. 24, police said they had arrested a 51-year-old man and charged him with first-degree murder in relation to the death.

Police said the victim had died at the scene after being shot.

 

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