Peel police announced the arrests of several people in connection to three shooting incidents, including one fatal, in Mississauga and Brampton in November 2018.
The arrests came after investigators said police executed search warrants in the Greater Toronto Area on Tuesday.
Insp. Marty Ottaway said in a press conference Friday that one person has been charged with first degree murder and several others face charges, including attempted murder and accessory after the fact to murder.
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Police said 23-year-old Jason Ramkishun was fatally shot in his vehicle on Highway 410 near Courtneypark Drive in Mississauga on Nov. 13, 2018.
He was believed to be mistaken for a person who was targeted in a shooting that happened on Delmonte Crescent in Mississauga on Nov. 10, 2018.
The victim was not injured in that shooting and police called the incident the “catalyst” for the two shootings that followed.
A week after Ramkinshun’s death, investigators said the man who was the original target of the shooting on Delmonte Crescent was shot in his vehicle in the northbound lanes of Highway 410 near Steeles Avenue East.
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On Tuesday, police charged Adrian Williams, 25, with first-degree murder in the killing of Ramkishun.
Williams’ brother, Akeem Williams, 28, was charged with attempted murder in relation to the shooting on Highway 410 in Brampton. Adrian was also charged with attempted murder in connection to the Brampton shooting.
“When we talk about risk in a community, we are talking about a small subset of high-risk individuals that have access to illegal firearms,” said Peel Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah.
Investigators said over the span of the investigation they arrested 15 people who now face a total of 115 firearm related offences.
Officers said a firearm was seized in August 2019 in Mississauga and forensics have confirmed this to be the weapon used in the homicide of Ramkishun.
A warrant was then issued for the arrest of Jarrett Phillips, 25, who investigators said is believed to be associated with this firearm and a number of other firearm related offences.
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