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Toronto Police Defend Release of Wounded Suspect Linked to Brutal Home Invasion | Crime Alert 11.07.26 · Crime Alert Hourly Update

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sydney Silvani. A terrifying middle-of-the-night home invasion in Toronto
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  Speaker 2: has left a prominent real estate executive and his family
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  Speaker 2: grievously injured, sparking intense scrutiny over how police handled a
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  Speaker 2: wounded suspect. On Thursday, October 29th, Three masked intruders broke
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  Speaker 2: into the multi-million dollar residence of David Morton, the chief
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  Speaker 2: executive officer of the Mack Group, and his wife, company
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  Speaker 2: president Doriana Zohail Morton. The couple and their two adult daughters,
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  Speaker 2: aged 26 and 28, were violently attacked inside their own bedrooms.
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  Speaker 2: Toronto Police Inspector Christy Smith detailed the horrific violence during
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  Speaker 2: an official briefing.
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  Speaker 3: The family, asleep in their homes, awakened by three masked
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  Speaker 3: suspects entering into their bedroom with firearms and hammered. During
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  Speaker 3: the incident, three of these family members were shot. One,
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  Speaker 3: or sorry, two were struck in the head with a hammer.
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  Speaker 3: All four of these victims in the home were taken
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  Speaker 3: to hospital for treatment for their injuries.
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  Speaker 2: Investigators later revealed that shortly after the invasion, one of
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  Speaker 2: the primary suspects, Dajon Richards, walked into a local hospital
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  Speaker 2: seeking treatment for a gunshot wound. In accordance with mandatory
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  Speaker 2: protocol requiring officers to respond to any gunshot victim, police
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  Speaker 2: arrived to interview him, but Richards was permitted to leave
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  Speaker 2: Thursday afternoon without charges. Inspector Smith explained why officers did
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  Speaker 2: not immediately detain him.
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  Speaker 3: When someone walks into a hospital, there's a lot of
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  Speaker 3: things that need to happen in the period of time
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  Speaker 3: from when we become aware of them to us forming
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  Speaker 3: the reasonable grounds that we need to make an arrest
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  Speaker 3: and link that person to the crime of this home invasion.
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  Speaker 3: Through hard work and diligent investigation, including our partners at
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  Speaker 3: the Center for Forensic Science, and excellent canvassing of officers
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  Speaker 3: out in the community, we were able to make that link.
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  Speaker 2: After Richards was discharged Thursday afternoon, detectives established probable cause
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  Speaker 2: through extensive community canvassing and critical testing assisted by the
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  Speaker 2: Center for Forensic Sciences. Although the Toronto Police Service declined
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  Speaker 2: to comment on the specific forensic evidence and faced mounting
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  Speaker 2: public criticism for releasing Richards, officials adamantly defended their decision.
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  Speaker 2: The department maintained that suspicion alone is legally insufficient to
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  Speaker 2: arrest a suspect. Inspector Smith reinforced the department's position at
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  Speaker 2: the briefing.
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  Speaker 3: What we need to make sure is that we ironclad
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  Speaker 3: a conviction and we don't just go off of suspicion
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  Speaker 3: and that when we are making an arrest, it's based
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  Speaker 3: on reasonable and probable grounds, which is what is required
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  Speaker 3: for us by law to make an arrest.
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  Speaker 2: Richards is now facing numerous charges, including four counts of
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  Speaker 2: discharging a firearm with intent to wound, four counts of
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  Speaker 2: armed robbery, three counts of aggravated assault, breaking and entering,
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  Speaker 2: possession of a prohibited device, and disguise with intent. The
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  Speaker 2: two other masked accomplices have not yet been publicly identified.
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  Speaker 2: More crime and justice news after this. In Indiana, a
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  Speaker 2: senseless case of mistaken identity has claimed the life of
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  Speaker 2: a promising 17-year-old athlete. Authorities have charged 46-year-old Darius Thompson
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  Speaker 2: II and his 17-year-old son, Darius Thompson III, in the
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  Speaker 2: October 5th murder of Christopher Wilson Jr., a standout high
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  Speaker 2: school football star committed to play at West Virginia University.
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  Speaker 2: Investigators say the younger Thompson ambushed Wilson while he was
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  Speaker 2: sitting in a car alongside his girlfriend. opening fire multiple times.
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  Speaker 2: While the girlfriend was uninjured, Wilson was pronounced dead at
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  Speaker 2: the scene. Detectives discovered the Thompsons targeted Wilson entirely by mistake,
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  Speaker 2: confusing him with a 27-year-old man who had been feuding
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  Speaker 2: with the elder Thompson. Prosecutors allege the father coordinated the ambush,
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  Speaker 2: drove his son to and from the murder scene, and
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  Speaker 2: helped dispose of the weapon. The father is charged with
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  Speaker 2: aiding and inducing murder, while his son faces murder, conspiracy,
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  Speaker 2: and obstruction charges, carrying up to 65 years in prison
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  Speaker 2: following his arrest on Thursday, October 29th. West Virginia head
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  Speaker 2: coach Rich Rodriguez expressed heartbreak over the loss, while Wilson's mother,
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  Speaker 2: Tijuana Price, remembered her son as a shining star. Wilson's
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  Speaker 2: grieving stepfather, Derek Price, spoke with Fox 59 about the
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  Speaker 2: devastating reality facing families.
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  Speaker 3: He didn't do anything wrong.
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  Speaker 1: He wasn't at the wrong place at the wrong time.
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  Speaker 3: He was a kid.
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  Speaker 2: Kids can't be kids no more.
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  Speaker 3: Watch over your kids.
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  Speaker 2: Wilson's teammate, Grayson Diaz, also shared his grief with Fox 59,
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  Speaker 2: reflecting on the bright light that was stolen.
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  Speaker 1: He seen you just like walking with your head down.
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  Speaker 1: He'll motivate you to bring your head up every day
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  Speaker 1: and just like. Chris is just an overall good person,
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  Speaker 1: and I don't understand why anybody could do anything like this.
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  Speaker 2: In Idaho, a surviving roommate of the 2022 University of
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  Speaker 2: Idaho student massacre is fighting to protect her privacy and
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  Speaker 2: safety against the release of unredacted police records. Dylan Mortensen,
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  Speaker 2: who came face-to-face with the mass killer inside the King
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  Speaker 2: Road residence where four students were slain, has filed an
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  Speaker 2: affidavit asking Latah County Judge Megan Marshall to reconsider an
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  Speaker 2: order releasing investigated videos and photographs that reveal her face.
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  Speaker 2: Mortensen detailed how the trauma has upended her life, forcing
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  Speaker 2: her family to move nine times due to stalking, harassment,
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  Speaker 2: and strangers investigating the case outside her home. Mortensen revealed
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  Speaker 2: she now uses an alias for work, orders and personal introductions.
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  Speaker 2: Her attorney, Robin McPherson, filed a motion to intervene after
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  Speaker 2: Judge Marshall granted a public records request from EWU Media LLC,
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  Speaker 2: which Moscow officials did not challenge. McPherson is seeking a
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  Speaker 2: stay and in-camera judicial review, arguing unblurred footage constitutes an
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  Speaker 2: unwarranted invasion of privacy. A hearing on the record's release
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  Speaker 2: is scheduled for November 12th, while convicted killer Brian Koberger
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  Speaker 2: faces a post-conviction relief hearing on December 10th. For more
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  Speaker 2: crime and justice news, be sure to join us for
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  Speaker 2: and now streaming on Tubi. With this crime alert, I'm
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  Speaker 2: Sydney Silvani.