Toronto Police Service

04/12/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/12/2024 07:23

Homicide #19/2024, Bathurst Street and Wilson Avenue area, Update, Man Arrested

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Homicide #19/2024,
Bathurst Street and Wilson Avenue area,
Update,
Man Arrested

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Case #: 2024-734984

Published: Friday, April 12, 2024, 9:06 AM

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The Toronto Police Service is making the public aware of an arrest made in a Homicide investigation.

On Saturday, April 6, 2024, at approximately 6:19 a.m., police responded to a call for Echo-Tiered Response in the Bathurst Street and Wilson Avenue area.

It is alleged that:

  • there was an altercation between two men in front of a commercial plaza
  • one man was stabbed with a sharp-edged weapon during the altercation
  • life-saving measures were performed but the man succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene

See previous release.

On Thursday, April 11, 2024, Alfonso Corpuz, 67, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with:

  1. Second Degree Murder

He is scheduled to appear in court at Toronto Regional Bail Centre, 2201 Finch Avenue West, on Friday, April 12, 2024, at 10 a.m., in room 105.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), or at www.222tips.com.

By Constable Shannon Eames

Constable Shannon Eames

Media Relations Officer

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for Detective Sergeant Brandon Price

Detective Sergeant Brandon Price

Homicide and Missing Persons Unit

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