24 February 2020

No Gun... No Problem

Come for the rub... stay for the rub-out...insert alt text here
Toronto police say one woman is dead and two others are in hospital after a stabbing at the Crown Spa near Dufferin Street and Wilson Avenue just before 12:40 p.m. Monday afternoon.

Insp. Darren Alldrit would not comment on the nature of the spa, which on its website advertised its services as including “erotic massage and exotic massage.”
UPDATE: Victim has been identifiedinsert alt text here
"She has now been identified by police as 24-year-old Ashley Noell Arzaga. The 17-year-old accused, who cannot be identified under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was scheduled to appear in court today."
UPDATE2: When seconds count, the police are...

...only minutes away...
He brought a machete to fucking kill us. I don’t know if Arzaga had the ability to fight back, but I did,” added the woman, who had a bandaged arm and blood around her fingernails. “I fought and got the machete from him and put it through his back.”
Homicide #12.

MEANWHILE BACK AT THE COURTHOUSE:
Abdullahi Mohamed, Trevaughan Miller, both 24, and Abdirahman Islow, 29, are responsible for the first-degree murder of Nnamdi Ogba, 26.
The beat goes on.