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Man charged with 1st-degree murder in Toronto homicide investigation

Toronto police have charged a man with first-degree murder in the death of Dobroslav "Bobby" Manchev. Nick Westoll / File / Global News

Toronto police say they have arrested a 48-year-old man in connection with the shooting death of a 51-year-old man on March 18.

Police said Dobroslav “Bobby” Manchev was shot and killed in the area of Comstock Road and Warden Avenue, just south of Eglinton Avenue East.

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Investigators said emergency crews located Manchev with obvious signs of trauma and that life-saving measures were performed, but he died at the scene.

On Sunday, homicide investigators arrested 48-year-old Joseph Paquet, a Toronto resident.

Paquet has been charged with one count of first-degree murder.

He is scheduled to appear at a Toronto courthouse on Monday.

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This is Toronto’s 15th homicide of the year.

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