Toronto police identify second victim in burning vehicle homicides

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Grady, L. (2026, September 27). Toronto police identify second victim in burning vehicle homicides. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/toronto-police-identify-second-victim-in-burning-vehicle-homicides/article_c07b91ac-f87e-471b-9cde-e94f7c02c626.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-09-27 · by Lora Grady

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Toronto police have identified Mohamud Kheyre, a 30-year-old man, as the second victim in a series of homicides involving burning vehicles. The incident occurred on September 22 at 12:55 a.m., when authorities responded to a smoke report from James Garden Park in Etobicoke and found his body inside a stolen vehicle that was set ablaze.

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Toronto police are investigating two separate incidents involving the discovery of bodies inside burning vehicles, one on Monday night and another early Tuesday morning. The first body was found just before 11:30 p.m. in a vehicle near Reesor Road and Steeles Avenue in the northeast corner of Toronto, close to Rouge National Urban Park. Around 90 minutes later, at approximately 12:55 a.m., another body was discovered in James Garden Park in Etobicoke.

The first victim has been identified as Marcus Charles, aged 32, while the second is Mohamud Kheyre, 30. Both cases are being treated as homicides; police believe both individuals were killed before their vehicles were set on fire. The investigation remains open to determine if there is a connection between these deaths.

Det.-Sgt. Henri Marsman of the Homicide and Missing Persons Unit will provide an update regarding the ongoing investigation at 12:30 p.m. on Friday.

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Toronto ORG · 2× Etobicoke GPE · 1× Mohamud Kheyre PERSON · 1×

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On Sept. 22 at 12:55 a.m., police and fire crews responded to a call about smoke coming from James Garden Park in Etobicoke and discovered the body of Mohamud Kheyre, 30, in a stolen vehicle that had been set on fire, Toronto police said in a news release Sunday.

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2026-09-27 · Toronto Star

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Toronto police have identified the second victim in the investigation of two bodies found in burning vehicles at opposite ends of the city last week. asserted

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