The victim, who hailed from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, had moved to Canada in January to pursue higher education, according to his family
The Toronto Police on Tuesday, April 12, announced that a 39-year-old man, who is believed to have shot and killed 21-year-old Indian student Kartik Vasudev in Canada, has been arrested., a report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says
The victim, from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, had moved to Canada in January to pursue higher studies, according to his family.
Kartik was shot on Thursday evening at the Glen Road entrance to Sherbourne TTC station in St James Town. He was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
He was just outside the Sherbourne subway station when he was approached by a stranger…Unprovoked, this man shot Kartik multiple times, killing him,” Toronto Police Service chief James Ramer told reporters.
The police identified the suspect as Richard Jonathan Edwin, who was charged with another homicide last Saturday.
Edwin’s second victim was Elijah Eleazar Mahepath (35), who was walking westbound on the north side of Dundas Street East near George Street, police said.
Ramer told the reporters that the suspect behind both the homicides was in police custody and described the incidents as “random attacks”.
Detective Sergeant Terry Browne of the Homicide Department, Toronto Police, said Kartik was shot “multiple times” and he was in a “defenceless position” the whole time.
In Ghaziabad near New Delhi, Kartik’s father Jitesh Vasudev told PTI that he has been informed about the arrest by the Canadian police officials.
He said Kartik had spent the last three years studying hard to be accepted into the school in Toronto.
The last time he and his wife spoke to their son was Thursday afternoon.
.Police had said the suspect in the shooting was a Black male standing five-foot-six to five-foot-seven inches tall with a medium build.
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