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Toronto police say they have arrested the third and final suspect in the death of Jahwai Roy – the eight-year-old boy who was shot while sleeping in his family’s North York apartment on August 16.
Investigators were able to identify three suspects in the case and had already announced the arrest of the other two.
All three are youths who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Toronto police briefly received permission from a judge to share the names and photographs of the accused, but this has now expired and they can no longer be identified in any way.
Authorities say the third suspect was found and arrested in Oshawa on Sunday, October 19, 2025 by Durham Regional Police Service in connection with a separate investigation.
All three suspects are charged with first-degree murder.
According to Toronto police, the shooting occurred outside the child’s apartment building at 15 Martha Eaton Way, near Tretheway Drive, just before 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 16.
Upon arrival, officers found Roy suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken by paramedics to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
“What happened here is a cowardly, despicable act of violence,” Det. Sgt. Jason Davis told reporters at the time. “Every resource available in the city right now is being allocated to this.”
“The saddest part of it is this young boy was at home in bed when it happened,” Davis said. “He was in his home. The safest place you can be…when he was hit by a stray bullet.”