An alleged gang leader has been charged with murder weeks after CTV News raised questions about his possible connection to the 2013 North Kipling Community Centre shooting.
Jermaine Dunkley, alleged by police earlier this year to be the leader of the Monstarz gang in northwest Toronto, was to appear in court Thursday to set a date for a bail hearing on drug and gang charges. It appears that after his court appearance, 30-year-old Dunkley was served with a new set of charges: first-degree murder, participation in the activities of a criminal organization and instructing the commission of an offence for a criminal organization.
The charges relate to the Nov. 24, 2013 murder of Neeko Mitchell, 25, who was gunned down outside the North Kipling Community Centre.
Video of the murder was entered as evidence in the trial of getaway driver Kashana Duncan. The video showed that Mitchell was among people he trusted when he was shot eight times.
According to evidence entered in Duncan's proceedings, Dunkley had played in a basketball tournament at the community centre.
Sheldon Tingle was one of the other players in that game. According to a source, Tingle was dating one of Mitchell's sisters at the time of the murder.
Tingle, 34, has now also been implicated in the murder. He was arrested Thursday on charges of first-degree murder and participation in the activities of a criminal organization.
And the alleged shooter, already behind bars on a charge of first-degree murder, is now also charged with participation in the activities of a criminal organization.
Video at scene of crime
The video entered in the proceedings against Duncan show Mitchell arriving at the community centre just after 8 p.m. After greeting a man standing at a counter in the lobby, Mitchell is seen shaking the hand of the man who, less than five minutes later, will shoot him.
In the moments between Mitchell's arrival and the shooting, a series of meetings are caught on camera:
Dunkley is seen speaking with Tingle; seconds later, Tingle meets with the shooter. Following that meeting, the shooter is seen speaking with Dunkley, gesturing toward the gym.
Mitchell was watching his brother play basketball in the gym.
Moments later, Tingle is seen walking to the gym. About 40 seconds later, he leaves the gym. Mitchell walks out of the gym seconds later.
The video then shows Tingle walking out of the community centre and greeting people just outside the doorway. Mitchell follows and greets the group, shaking Tingle's hand. The shooter then leaves the community centre and, as Mitchell turns around and smiles, a gun is pulled and the shots are fired.
Mitchell was shot eight times, in the head, chest, legs, arm, shoulder and abdomen. His was the 53rd homicide of 2013.
During the sentencing hearing of Kashana Duncan, who was convicted earlier this year of accessory after the fact to murder, a gang expert testified that Mitchell was likely murdered as part of a misplaced revenge for the murder of Dunkley's brother, Ricky Dunkley, earlier that year.
