Overview
- A late-night shooting on April 3, 2026 left an adult man and a male youth dead near St. Joachim Elementary and Arnott Charlton Public School in Brampton after officers responded to reports of gunfire.
- Peel Regional Police carried out an investigators-described months-long probe and made five arrests between May and July in connection with the killings.
- Police identified three adult suspects as Jahnoi Bell, 21, Mcaium Aarons, 25, and Jayden Christmah, 23, while two 17-year-olds from Brampton were also charged but cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
- Charges include two counts of first-degree murder each for Bell and both youths, additional firearm offences against one youth, conspiracy and breach of probation for Aarons, and firearm‑trafficking-related charges for Christmah.
- Investigators recovered two firearms — one at the homicide scene and another during a search warrant at a Brampton residence — and police say the arrests mark the next step before prosecution and pending bail hearings.