The man named Canada’s most wanted fugitive, arrested just hours after an unprecedented $ 250,000 reward was offered for information leading to his arrest, was arrested after being spotted at a regional hospital in Durham.
Police sources told Global News that 32-year-old Abilaziz Mohammed, identified by the Bolo program (BOLO means to be vigilant) on Tuesday morning as the number one most wanted fugitive on the Top 25 list, was treated at Ajax Pickering Hospital. when an astute member of staff spotted a man matching the suspect’s description.
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Mohammed’s photo was widely broadcast on television and published in news reports. Sources claim that the suspect presented a false identity at the hospital.
Toronto police said Wednesday that “anonymous information was obtained about the whereabouts of Abilaziz Mohammed and he was subsequently arrested” on Tuesday night. But police did not specify where the arrest took place, leading to widespread online speculation that someone close to the accused had tipped, eager to cash the reward.
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A spokesman for Lakeridge Health, which includes Ajax Pickering Hospital, did not comment on the arrest, citing concerns about privacy.
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Mohammed is charged with the first-degree murder of Craig MacDonald, a 43-year-old father of five and a grandfather who was fatally shot in the parking lot of Scarborough Boston Pizza last October. Just days later, a first-degree murder warrant was issued for Muhammad’s arrest.
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MacDonald’s sister, Drema MacDonald, told Global News she was amazed by the latest revelation.
“I am amazed that on the day his face was on all the news, he accidentally went to the hospital. “I’m grateful that the Bolo program expanded my brother’s case to get the face of the accused killer out there for all to see,” MacDonald said. She is also impressed by the fact that the tipster does not seem to have been motivated by the award.
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At the launch of the Bolo Top 25 on Tuesday, interim police chief James Ramer said Mohammed was believed to be somewhere in the GTA.
The suspect remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in court on May 11.
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