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London police arrest Zachary McDermott, 18, on charge of first-degree murder

Police found the victim inside Tim Hortons suffering from a gunshot wound.
Police found the victim inside Tim Hortons suffering from a gunshot wound. Liny Lamberink / 980 CFPL

A day after a surveillance image was released to the public, London police say Zachary McDermott turned himself in to police headquarters at 11 a.m. Friday.

McDermott is charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder by discharging a firearm.

Christopher Clements-Card, 21, was fatally shot in the parking lot of a Tim Hortons on Dundas Street near Veterans Memorial Parkway at roughly 2:30 p.m. on September 12.

Middlesex-London EMS told 980 CFPL at the time, that the victim was found inside the coffee shop. He was rushed to hospital but died of his injuries.

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Police previously arrested two 19-year-old Londoners on charges of being in a motor vehicle with a firearm and on Friday police stated that the firearm used in the shooting has not yet been recovered.

Clements-Card was laid to rest on Wednesday.

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