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Teen Charged With First-Degree Murder in Killing of 8-Year-Old JahVai Roy as Police Seek Two More

Investigators call the shooting a planned act, citing a loaded, modified gun seized during the arrest.

(L) Shakir Bhatti, 21, of Ajax, (R) Parkaran Panglia, 20, of Brampton, are among four people charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit a kidnapping and other offences in connection to the abduction of a woman and a home invasion in Markham where a man was shot on Monday, Sept. 1, 2025.
Holly Roy, the mother of Jahvai Roy, speaks at a vigil in Toronto, on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. 8-year-old Jahvai Roy was struck and killed by a stray bullet over the weekend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan
Ibrahim Ibrahim, 17, left, and Amarii Lindner, 18, are wanted on Canada-wide warrants for first-degree murder for the killing of JahVai Roy, 8, on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025 in his North York bed.
(L) Toronto Police Homicide Det.-Sgt. Jason Davis updates the media, along with (R) Homicide Insp. Ted Lioumanis and Chief Myron Demkiw, on the murder of JahVai Roy, 8, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025.

Overview

  • Toronto police said a youth who was 15 at the time of the Aug. 16 shooting was arrested on Sept. 5 and is now charged with first-degree murder and multiple firearm offences.
  • Canada-wide warrants were issued for Ibrahim Ibrahim, 17, and Amarii Lindner, 18, after police obtained judicial authorization to publicly identify the wanted teens.
  • Detectives allege the arrested teen possessed a loaded handgun modified to fire automatically, and he appeared in bail court on Sept. 6.
  • Durham Region Police recovered a white Acura that investigators had linked to the scene through video and public appeals.
  • Police continue to seek tips in the homicide of JahVai Roy, who was killed by a stray bullet while in bed at his North York home.