Alberta RCMP arrest suspect in 2018 shooting of Toronto rapper Smoke Dawg.
A suspect in the 2018 fatal shooting of Toronto rapper Smoke Dawg was arrested during a traffic stop in the Calgary area earlier this week.
RCMP say officers were conducting a speeding patrol along Edmonton Trail NE in Airdrie on Monday when they stopped a vehicle for speeding and illegal tinting of windows.
Police said further investigation by officers suggested the vehicle had been stolen and while attempting to make an arrest, the male passenger attempted to flee the scene. Officers caught the suspect on foot and found a loaded .40-caliber handgun on him as they took him into custody.
Investigators say the suspect gave them a false identity, but police were able to determine that he was wanted on warrants across Canada stemming from the 2018 murders of Jahvante Smart, also known as Smoke Dawg, and Ernest Modekwe, known as Koba Prime. A woman who was also shot in the same incident survived.
The suspect was wanted on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. He now faces more than a dozen additional charges, including five firearms offences, possession of stolen property over $5,000 and two counts of resisting arrest.
Police have not identified the man because he was a minor at the time of the Toronto shooting.
Toronto police told CityNews they do not know when the suspect will return to Toronto to face charges. Abdulkadir Handule was arrested in 2019 by British Columbia police in connection with the shooting. He was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder, as well as aggravated assault and discharge of a firearm in 2022.
A 25-year-old British Columbia resident, Alysha Chand, faces two charges, including possession of stolen property over $5,000 in connection with the traffic stop.
Chand and the suspect are scheduled to appear in Calgary District Court on Thursday.
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