Beach resident fatally stabbed
Police arrest suspect in unrelated incident
A man suspected in the killing of a 45-year-old Beach resident has been located following an unrelated street fight near Dundas Street East and Coxwell Avenue.
Police located 44-year-old Joseph King on Wednesday, Aug. 6 at about 7:30 p.m.
King, who sustained non-life threatening injuries in the brawl, has now been formally charged with second-degree murder. He will remain under police guard until released from hospital.
A Canada-wide warrant was issued for King's arrest Monday, Aug. 4.
A day earlier, police were called to 17 Edgewood Ave., near Coxwell Avenue and Kingston Road, at about 9:40 a.m. for unknown trouble. There they discovered Andre Paquet with multiple stab wounds to the chest in one of the building's hallways.
He was pronounced dead a short time later at St. Michael's Hospital.
Paquet, who was known to police, is the city's 40th homicide of 2008.
Anyone with information is asked to call 416-808-7405 or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477) or www.222tips.com.
- Joanna Lavoie
