{"id":829,"date":"2026-06-17T05:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T05:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=829"},"modified":"2026-06-17T05:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T05:39:43","slug":"toronto-police-link-gun-for-hire-networks-to-shootings-at-us-consulate-and-synagogues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=829","title":{"rendered":"Toronto police link gun-for-hire networks to shootings at US Consulate and synagogues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>TORONTO (AP) \u2014 Police in <span>Canada<\/span> said Tuesday they have linked multiple shootings, including at the <span>U.S. Consulate in Toronto in March<\/span>, to \u201cmultilayered\u201d gun-for-hire networks that have also targeted synagogues in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=827\">A chilling Romanian exhibition replays videotaped secret police interrogations from 1989<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Toronto police Chief Myron Demkiw told a news conference that young adults are being recruited through encrypted messages and paid by the networks to carry out the shootings and have to film them to get paid. Some of the firearms used in the attacks have since been seized by investigators.<\/p>\n<p>A veteran police officer was killed last week in a raid related to investigation of the shooting. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we know is bad actors are using criminal elements in our city to carry out these dangerous incidents,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is clear that some of the people hiring these criminals want to create a sense of fear in our communities, including the Jewish community.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Demkiw said Toronto police, along with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the FBI are trying to determine who is paying for the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=825\">Trump to wrap G7 summit facing skepticism at home and jitters overseas over his plan to end Iran war<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two firearms recovered during the investigation, believed to be involved in more than 25 shootings in the Toronto area, originated in the United States, he said. Ballistics testing is still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Constable Marc Pinizzotto, 43, was shot on Thursday while officers were carrying out a search at an apartment building in the city\u2019s northwest. He later died in the hospital.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<!-- AP \"Read More\" embed (place mid-article) --><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A suspect who was shot by police, 19-year-old Nicholas Bennett, remains in hospital and will be charged with first-degree murder.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are searching for another suspect, 19-year-old Zara Jabbi, who is wanted in connection with the U.S. Consulate shooting and believed to be armed and dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=823\">Interim US-Iran deal leaves the thorniest issue still to be negotiated: Tehran\u2019s nuclear program<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto police have linked multiple shootings, including one at the U.S. Consulate in March, to complex gun-for-hire networks. Police Chief Myron Demkiw says young adults are being recruited through encrypted messaging apps to carry out attacks. Some firearms used in these shootings have been seized. A veteran officer was killed last week during a related raid. Toronto police, along with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and FBI, are investigating who is funding these attacks. Two firearms involved in over 25 shootings originated in the U.S. A suspect remains hospitalized, and another is wanted in connection with the consulate shooting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Toronto police link gun-for-hire networks to shootings at US Consulate and synagogues - Top Moving Pros<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=829\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Toronto police link gun-for-hire networks to shootings at US Consulate and synagogues - Top Moving Pros\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Toronto police have linked multiple shootings, including one at the U.S. Consulate in March, to complex gun-for-hire networks. 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