Overview

• JahVai Roy, 8, was struck by a stray bullet that shattered a window while he slept in his North York apartment shortly after midnight on Aug. 16.
• Officers responded to reports of gunfire near Martha Eaton Way and Trethewey Drive and rushed the child to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
• Police released images of a white Acura believed to be connected to the shooting and asked the public to help identify and locate the vehicle.
• No suspect descriptions or motive have been disclosed, and investigators say the shooter or shooters fled before officers arrived.
• The killing is Toronto’s 26th homicide of 2025, and vigils along with a burial on Wikwemikong First Nation have marked the community’s mourning.