First-degree murder charges laid in Keswick double shooting

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Published Sep 19, 2024 • 2 minute read

York Regional Police officers are seen investigating a fatal shooting in Keswick's Bayview Park on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024.

Two Barrie men have been charged in connection with a double shooting — turned double homicide — that occurred in a Keswick park Wednesday morning.

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York Regional Police on Wednesday originally called the shooting in Bayview Park – located at Lowndes Ave. And Bayview Ave. area – as and isolated incident and remained tight-lipped about any details surrounded multiple shots heard in the park.

In an update Thursday morning, police said the homicide unit identified and charged John McKay, 19 and Ethan Pashak-McNeil, 21, with first-degree murder.

The victims who were gunned down just before 7:30 a.m. in Bayview Park have also been now identified as Reilly MacDonald, 21, of Keswick, and 39-year0old Mark Sutcliffe.

A York Regional Police vehicle is pictured ay Bayview Park in Keswick after an early morning shooting left two people dead on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024.

Police said they are unsure at this time if the two parties knew each other.

On Wednesday, neighbours were on edge about the early morning shooting as they were about to head to work or bring their children to local schools.

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Christopher Finley said that his Dodge 1500 pickup truck, parked in his driveway, was hit by a stray bullet fired from the park.

Finley’s truck was parked several hundred metres north of the park where the shooting took place.

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