Toronto police have announced a wanted suspect has been arrested in connection with a 2018 shooting at an east-end playground that left two young girls seriously injured.
Chief Mark Saunders made the announcement at the service’s headquarters Tuesday afternoon.
“This is a proud moment for all of us … and this is a very good day for all of us,” Saunders said, adding the guns and gangs task force and other officers have been searching for the accused for more than two years.
It was on June 14, 2018, when police and paramedics were called to a residential complex near Alton Towers Circle in the McCowan Road and Steeles Avenue East area at around 5 p.m. after a gunfight occurred between two men. Two girls, who were five and nine at the time, were shot and required surgery.
A Canada-wide warrant was subsequently issued for T’Quan Robertson.
In June, police announced a reward of up to $75,000 for information leading to the suspect’s arrest.
Saunders said Robertson was arrested earlier in the day after a search warrant was executed for another man in York Region.
Robertson was charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of conspiracy to commit murder, two counts of discharging a firearm and two counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle.
He was scheduled to appear in a Toronto court Wednesday.
Also arrested was Alexander Fountain, who was wanted in connection with the 2017 death of 24-year-old Samatar Farah. Police previously said was an innocent victim in a turf war between members of rival housing complexes.
— With files from The Canadian Press
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