WARMINGTON: Toronto Police now have wanted suspect Zara Jabbi in custody

The 19-year-old wanted in connection with the U.S. Consulate shootings and Jewish synagogues and schools has been arrested

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Published Jun 18, 2026  •  Last updated 6 minutes ago  •  2 minute read

Zara Jabbi, 19 Photo by supplied /Toronto Police

This one is for slain Const. Marc Pinizzotto.

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The manhunt for Zara Jabbi is over.

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The 19-year-old man wanted in connection with the gun allegedly used in the murder of Toronto Police Officer Pinizzotto has been arrested and is in custody.

Details are scarce, but sources say Jabbi was detained at Pearson International Airport while allegedly attempting to flee the country. Toronto Police have so far not commented.

But sources tell the Toronto Sun, the man Chief Myron Demkiw said they were looking for in connection with a modern shooting-for-hire terror and intimidation scheme that saw young gunmen making $1,000 per job was arrested overnight — and taping their alleged crimes to ensure they get paid.

Police are expected to update the media on this arrest soon.

Having him in custody means now that all four suspects police were looking for in relation to a shooting-for-hire crime spree that resulted in the shooting of the U.S. Consulate and Jewish schools are in custody.

Jayon Burgher, 18 Photo by supplied /Toronto Police

Jayon Burgher, 18, Sheldon Tracey-Stewart, 18, have been arrested. And Nicholas Bennett, 18, remains in hospital, facing charges for this operation and also for first degree murder in the shooting slaying of Pinizzotto.

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He was shot June 11 inside the apartment building at 15 Martha Eaton Way when Toronto Police’s Emergency Task Force was exercising a search warrant for guns related to this alleged crime spree in which young people were being hired through encrypted phone apps to shoot up the American consulate as well as Jewish schools and synagogues.

Sheldon Tracey-Stewart, 18 Photo by supplied /Toronto Police

In a news release, Toronto Police Service  said it “has arrested and charged an outstanding suspect wanted in connection with the shooting at the U.S. Consulate in March 2026. Zara Jabbi, 19, was taken into custody and now faces charges related to the incident.”

Toronto Police said Jabbi is charged with theft of a motor vehicle, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, discharge of a restricted or a prohibited firearm at a place, attack on premises of internationally protected persons, possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized and possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm.”

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Police said he will appear remotely at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre today (June 18) at 10 a.m.

In the shooting at the U.S. Consulate, police said two men exited a white Honda CR-V and “fired multiple rounds at the building,” stating that surveillance video showed the men “recording video of the incident on their phones.”

This is a developing story

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