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Toronto police say they have arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection with the shooting death of 23-year-old Cardinal Licorish.
In a press release sent out Wednesday, police say the teenager has been charged with second-degree murder. However, due to the Youth Criminal Justice Act, the suspect cannot be named.
Officers say they are still searching for a second suspect whom they’ve identified as 18-year-old Raheem Moseley from Toronto. Moseley is wanted for second-degree murder.
He’s described as six feet tall and 130 pounds.
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Police responded to a daytime shooting call around 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 18 in the area of Lawrence Avenue and Kingston Road.
Licorish was found in a stairwell of a building with gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead on the scene.
The shooting marked the city’s 90th homicide, a record-breaking number for Toronto. That number has since risen to 92.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call police at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.
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