Toronto police believe fatal Scarborough shooting was ‘random’ [Video]

Police have arrested two more people in connection with the deadly shooting of a 21-year-old Scarborough man who investigators say may have been targeted solely because of the neighbourhood he lived in.

The shooting took place near Morningside Avenue and Danzig Street on Sept. 24, 2023, as Joshua Bernard-Reis returned home after helping a family member move, police say.

Det. Sgt. Brendan Price said that Reis had just parked his car in his driveway and was approaching his home when four males opened fire at him and another male still in the car from a parkette across the street.

Police say the suspects parked their vehicle, ran across the street into the parkette and shot at the victim and the other individual inside the vehicle.

Reis was struck by gunfire and rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries but ultimately died two weeks later. The other male managed to escape any physical injury.

All four suspects then fled …