TORONTO – Toronto Police have charged a 28-year-old Toronto man in connection with the fatal shooting of a father of five last year.
Police said Andrew Surage, 47, was at an unlicensed after hours club at 325 Weston Rd. during the early morning hours of Oct. 5 2014.
After exiting the club, one of Surage’s friends was approached by a suspect who allegedly grabbed a chain from around his neck, police said.
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Investigators said Surage then came to the aid of his friend and asked the suspect to return the chain, but he refused and left the area.
Police reviewed surveillance footage that showed the suspect walked back to his vehicle at about 5:45 a.m. and said that it was believed the suspect retrieved a handgun.
Police said the suspect then returned to the club where Surage and his friend were standing and he then allegedly shot Surage in the chest.
Surage was transported to hospital but died from his injuries, while police said the suspect fled the scene in a late model dark-coloured Honda Accord.
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On May 26, police released detailed security camera footage in connection with the shooting and were appealing to witnesses for information.
Police then charged Clifton Vassel, 28, with first-degree murder on Monday at the Toronto South Detention Centre in connection with the shooting.
Vassel was scheduled to appear in court in Toronto on Tuesday morning to face the charges against him.
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