A 19-year-old man needed in reference to the deadly taking pictures of a younger lady in Mississauga final week has been arrested, Peel police say.
It occurred at a residential constructing within the Darcel Avenue and Etude Drive space at round 9 p.m. on Feb. 1.
Police have beforehand mentioned that 14-year-old Taffash Riley was discovered affected by a gunshot wound in a third-floor stairwell and was pronounced useless on the scene.
In a information launch issued on Friday morning, police recognized the suspect within the taking pictures as 19-year-old Michael Moncherry-Desir and introduced a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest.
Hours after the warrant was issued, police mentioned Moncherry-Desir was taken into custody Friday night. He's scheduled to seem in court docket Saturday.
The circumstances surrounding the taking pictures stay unclear.
Riley was a Grade 9 scholar on the time of her dying.
She moved to Canada from Jamaica in 2012 and her household has beforehand mentioned that she had a love for cooking.
The household of Riley advised CTV Information Friday that they didn't know the suspect.
In the meantime, they expressed gratitude to those that confirmed help.
“The fixed help of everybody, the sort phrases, the donations, the reach-out has been actually wonderful. I simply need everybody to know that it’s tremendously appreciated,” the household mentioned.
“It helps us take a whole lot of issues off our shoulders. I need to ensure that everybody is aware of what they did for me and my household, we actually and tremendously admire every thing.”
Investigators proceed to ask anybody with data on the incident, together with surveillance footage or dashcam video, to contact police at 905-453-2121 ext. 3205 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Post a Comment