Toronto police chief explains why suspect was not arrested after hospital visit
Police chief Myron Demkiw said investigators lacked sufficient evidence to arrest a suspect who arrived at a hospital with a gunshot wound following a Bridle Path home invasion.
Toronto police chief Myron Demkiw said officers did not arrest a suspect in the early-Thursday Bridle Path home invasion after the individual appeared at a hospital with a gunshot wound because investigators had not yet gathered all the necessary evidence. He noted that police had no information at the time to indicate any of the attackers had been shot during the robbery.
Demkiw explained that when the suspect was taken to the hospital “a very short time later,” officers responded according to standard procedures for people seeking medical care after being shot. He added that police were pursuing the evidence as quickly as possible under the circumstances.
Police identified the suspect as 23-year-old Daijohn Richards, who they say was accidentally shot by one of the other two suspects during the home invasion. Richards was discharged from the hospital early Thursday morning and remains subject to a Canada-wide arrest warrant.
"The investigators involved in this investigation are some of the best in the business," Demkiw said on Monday.
Toronto police indicated that all three suspects are considered armed and dangerous and that they will continue to follow new evidence as it becomes available.