Canada- Elijah Eleazar Mahepath, 35, Fatally shot, Toronto (Dundas/George) 9 April 2022

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Toronto police identify man killed in weekend shooting in city's downtown core | CP24.com

''According to investigators, a suspect approached the victim, who has now been identified as Elijah Eleazar Mahepath, and shot him multiple times.''

April 10 2022
Police identify man fatally shot in downtown Toronto | CBC News
''Elijah Eleazar Mahepath, of Toronto, was shot near the intersection of Dundas Street East and George Street, east of Jarvis Street. Police were called to the scene at 6:55 p.m.

The gunman is still at large, police said in a news release on Sunday.

According to police, a man approached Mahepath and shot him several times. When police arrived, they found the victim and several casings nearby. Paramedics took him to hospital in critical condition through an emergency run. He died of his injuries there.''

''In the news release, police said the shooter was last seen walking westbound on Dundas Street East.

The suspect is described as a Black man, who is 35 to 40 years in age. He has short hair and was wearing a light-coloured long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans and light blue surgical mask.''

 

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Thread for the other victim (in a separate random shooting)referenced..
Canada- Kartik Vasudev, 21, Student from India, Fatally shot @Sherbourne TTC, Toronto, 7 April 2022 (websleuths.com)

Toronto Police Service :: Media Advisory #52628

''Chief James Ramer to announce arrests in multiple ongoing investigations,
Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 11 a.m.,
Toronto Police Headquarters, Media Gallery
On Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at 11 a.m., in the Media Gallery of Toronto Police Headquarters, Chief of Police James Ramer will be joined by Staff Superintendent Lauren Pogue of Detective Operations and Detective Sergeant Terry Browne of Homicide, to update the media on arrests made in Homicides #19/2022, #20/2022, and in two separate random attacks.

The news conference will be broadcast through Dome Productions and will be live-streamed on YouTube.''

 

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April 12 2022 rbbm.
Police make arrest in two seemingly random homicides, suggest suspect may have been planning other shootings | CP24.com
''Police have said that 35-year-old Elijah Eleazar Mahepath was walking in the area after picking up groceries when he too was fatally shot by the suspect.

Investigators say that the suspect had no verbal interaction with either victim and may not have even been in a position where he was able to make out their faces.

“We have nothing to suggest that he knew either one of them and what we believe, at this stage anyways, is that it was what we do describe as random. It was a chance meeting, a chance passing and for reasons that are only known to the suspect these two people were victimized on that day and now are dead,” Det. Sgt. Terry Browne told reporters during a news conference on Monday morning.

Police say they believe there were going to be more victims

Browne said that investigators were able to quickly link the two shootings “very early on” based on “the nature of the offences and how it was conducted.”

From there, he said that investigators used video surveillance footage to track the suspect “both from the area where he resides, to the area of the shooting and then back to his residence.”

The suspect was then arrested without incident at his residence in the Spadina Avenue and Bloor Street West area on Sunday night.

At the time of his arrest there were multiple loaded firearms found in the dwelling, including a rifle that Browne said was capable of “causing great carnage if used.”

“My personal opinion is there were going to be more victims,” Police Chief James Ramer said during the news conference. “When I don’t know. But he had an arsenal at home and quite frankly I believe this may have just been the first step.”

No criminal record

The suspect, identified as Richard Jonathan Edwin, has no criminal record and was the legal owner of the firearms found at his address.

Speaking with reporters, Browne said that investigators are currently doing a “very deep dive” to learn more about Edwin and what may have motivated the shootings.

But he said that they have only uncovered very “limited information” about him so far and are interesting in speaking with anyone who may have had contact with him in the past.

“We really want to try to figure out the underbelly of this individual and why, if there is a reason, he may have done this on these two days and more importantly, what was he planning? Perhaps there was something planned for the future,” he said.

Police have said that they will delve further into the suspect’s background to determine if he could have committed any previous offences.

Ramer acknowledged that the arrest of the suspect “does nothing to ease the suffering of the victims and their families” but he said that he hopes that it at least provides them a “sliver of closure.”

He also said applauded the quick work of investigators in bringing about an arrest so quickly and suggested that lives may have been saved by their actions.

“I think his intention was to continue,” he said of the suspect.

Edwin is charged with two counts of first-degree murder.''

 

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Victim's father pleading for answers as accused killer appears in court | CBC News
"There is a motive behind it, what was he thinking before the killings? We need to find out these questions," said Jitesh Vasudev, the father of 21-year-old Kartik Vasudev, who was fatally shot at Sherbourne subway station last Thursday.

"This is the answer we need to have."

Richard Jonathan Edwin, 39, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Vasudev and Elijah Eleazar Mahepath, who was shot last Saturday near the intersection of Dundas Street East and George Street, east of Jarvis Street.

Edwin briefly appeared in court by videoconference Wednesday morning. Court heard he has yet to retain a lawyer and will appear again Thursday. He spoke only to confirm his name.

Police say Edwin was arrested Sunday evening and had a cache of loaded guns within reach at the time of his arrest. Investigators have said they believe Edwin was a "complete stranger" to both men, who also didn't know each other.''