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Police say they have arrested a 13-year-old boy who was wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of an elderly woman outside her Pickering home on Thursday.
Police say they have arrested a 13-year-old boy who was wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of an elderly woman outside her Pickering home on Thursday afternoon.
“He’s been arrested by our tactical support unit without incident,” Chief Peter Moreira, of Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS), told members of the media outside West Division on Thursday night.
Moreira would not reveal further details about the arrest as the investigation is “in its infancy at this point, and that may form part of the evidence.”
The alleged assailant, whom police said was apprehended around 8:30 p.m., is also from Pickering, he said.
Moreira said a future news release will outline the charges the teen, who cannot be identified under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, will face.
He added that further investigation will also reveal the exact relationship, if any, that may have existed between the victim and the alleged perpetrator.
Moreira also noted that the request they issued this afternoon asking people in the area to shelter in place has been lifted.
Around 5:40 p.m., local police, with the assistance of the OPP, also sent out an emergency alert for an unknown male who was wanted in connection with a homicide at 2125 Lynn Heights Dr.
“At this point here, you can go freely about your day-to-day lives,” Moreira said, thanking his officers “who brought a quick resolution this horrible incident” as well as the OPP, Toronto Police Service, and the City of Pickering for their support.
“I wanted to come out here and announce that there was no longer a public safety risk and that the public could go about their business.”
Police noted that they’ll continue to have a heavy presence in the area.
Pickering Mayor Kevin Ashe addressed the media at the scene on Lynn Heights Drive, just east of Fairport Road and north of Finch Avenue, following Moreira’s announcement.
“[It’s] obviously a shocking day in our city. We are a very safe community so when something happens like this, it affects us as a community,” he said, thanking Durham and Toronto police for their “swift action” today to apprehend the suspect.