Shooting investigations at U.S. Consulate and synagogues around Toronto connected, police say
Posted on: Jun 11, 2026 20:30 IST | Posted by: Cbc
unrecorded | Toronto constabulary bring home the bacon update on multiple shootings, including incident at U.S. Consulate
Toronto law say multiple investigations into shooting incidents around the Toronto area, including incidents at synagogues and the U.S. Consulate, have resulted in three arrests, and reveal a pattern of young people being hired to perpetrate crimes in the city.
Chief Myron Demkiw and Chief Supt. Joe Matthews are addressing members of the media at a news conference that began at 11 a.m. ET. The conference is being carried live in this article.
The update comes less than a week after police carried out search warrants related to multiple shootings in the city, including the consulate shooting on March 10.
Toronto officer Const. Marc Pinizzotto was shot and killed during one of those raids.
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Nicholas Bennett, 19, has been charged with first-degree murder in the officer's killing. Another 19-year-old, Zara Jabbi, is still an outstanding suspect in the broader investigation.
No one was injured in the consulate shooting in March, but RCMP called it a "national security incident" at the time.
Last week, an 18-year-old was also charged in connection with the U.S. Consulate shooting. Sheldon Tracy-Stewart, of Toronto, is accused of discharging a firearm at the building and committing "a violent attack on the official premises of an internationally protected person," court documents say. He faces 11 charges in total.
The incident at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto has been linked to a recent FBI terrorism arrest, according to an April 2026 U.S. Department of Justice criminal complaint.
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Last month, the FBI arrested Iraqi-Irani Mohammad Al-Saadi, a senior member of a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, Kata’ib Hizballah, and the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to a DOJ news release, dated May 15.
He is allegedly tied to nearly 20 attacks throughout Europe and the U.S., as well as two attacks in Canada, according to the same news release. One of those attacks includes the consulate shooting this spring.
Toronto police said last week they had not made a connection between the consulate shooting and Al-Saadi's arrest, and they could not comment on another agency's investigation.
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