Toronto hunts for 'criminals for hire' after string of shootings, police say
Toronto police say a multilayered gun-for-hire network recruited young adults via encrypted apps to carry out a wave of shootings across the Greater Toronto Area, including a March attack on the US consulate; two handguns seized could be connected to 27 shootings; 18-year-olds Jayon Burgher and Sheldon Tracey-Stewart have been charged, 19-year-old Nicholas Bennett faces first-degree murder charges, and 19-year-old Zara Jabbi remains at large; investigators are seeking organizers and financiers with FBI assistance as they assess possible links to a broader terror network and a fatal raid on police operations.