Toronto police have arrested a man in connection with the city’s 42nd homicide of 2017.
Around 2 p.m. on Sept. 10, Toronto police were called out to an apartment complex in Scarborough near the Birchmount Road and Danforth Avenue area. Upon arrival, officers encountered a woman in her 50s who was suffering from an unknown injury.
The injured female alerted first responders that there was a man inside the building brandishing a knife.
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Upon further investigation, a woman was discovered in an apartment unit with life-threatening injuries. That woman, 24-year-old Julia Sokolov of Toronto, was rushed to hospital eventually succumbed to her injuries days later.
Michal Nowaczek-Said, 24, of Toronto will face first-degree murder charges when he appears in court for the first time on Thursday morning.
Prior to Sokolov’s death, Nowaczek-Said had been initially charged with attempted murder, assault causing bodily harm and five counts of assaulting a peace officer.