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Victim identified, man arrested in fatal north-end Toronto shooting

Police said Dwight Angus, 38, is Toronto's 69th homicide victim of 2019. Handout / Toronto Police

Toronto police have identified the victim of a fatal shooting in the city’s north end late Saturday as a 38-year-old Brampton man.

In a news release Tuesday evening, police said Dwight Angus was shot while standing near a vehicle in the Keele Street and Wilson Avenue area around 11:30 p.m.

Police previously told Global News the victim was found with a gunshot wound inside of an SUV at a plaza at the north-east corner of the intersection.

Officers were called there shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday.

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The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Edgar Stalin Brown, 38, of Toronto, has since been arrested in connection with the shooting and faces a charge of second-degree murder, police said.

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He appeared in court Tuesday.

— With files from Nick Westoll

Police said Edgar Stalin Brown, 38, was charged with second-degree murder. Handout / Toronto Police

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