Man wanted over fatal shooting of two men from Toronto's rap scene taken into custody - CTV News

Katherine DeClerq, CTV News Toronto
Published Friday, August 23, 2019 7:02AM EDT
Last Updated Friday, August 23, 2019 1:35PM EDT

A little more than a year after two members of Toronto’s rap community were fatally shot in the city’s Entertainment District during the Canada Day long weekend, Toronto police confirm an arrest has been made.

Shots were fired outside Cube Nightclub, located near Queen Street West and Peter Street, around 8 p.m. on June 30, 2018.

Police said that two men and a woman, who were standing on the street, were struck by bullets at the time. They were rushed to a local trauma centre for treatment.

The two men, identified as Jahvante “Smoke Dawg” Smart, 21, and Ernest “Koba Prime” Modekwe, 28, were later pronounced dead.

Jahvante Smart, 21, known as "Smoke Dawg" (left) and Ernest Modekwe, 28, (right) were gunned down in Toronto.

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A Canada-wide warrant was issued for 22-year-old Abdulkadir Handule, of Toronto, on July 11, 2018.

According to Toronto police, Handule was taken into custody in the area of Burnaby, British Columbia last month. He was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on unrelated charges, investigators said.

He has since been turned over to Toronto police and appeared in court on Thursday.

A second suspect is still being sought in connection with the shooting. A 16-year-old boy, who cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is wanted for two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder.

Both victims were active members of Toronto’s rap community. Modekwe was a music brand manager that worked with a hip-hop collective called “Prime” and Smart was an up-and-coming artist who was part of the same collective. Smart released his first single in 2015 and was a rapper on Drake’s “Boy Meets World” tour.

Five months after he was shot, Smart’s album “Struggle Before Glory” was released posthumously.

With files from the Canadian Press

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August 23, 2019 at 06:02PM