Event Brief
Toronto police link shootings to gun-for-hire network
Filed: Jun 16, 2026 at 2:08 PM ET
Summary: Toronto police chief says dozens of shootings are linked to a gun-for-hire network recruiting teens via encrypted apps.
WHO: Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw
WHAT: Said dozens of shootings are linked to a multilayered gun-for-hire network recruiting young adults and teens via encrypted messaging apps and paying shooters to film attacks
WHEN: Jun 16, 2026 at 1:47 PM ET
WHERE: Toronto, Canada
WHY: Young adults and teenagers are being recruited through encrypted messaging apps and paid to carry out attacks, with shooters required to film them
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