Another suspect has been arrested in the 2023 shooting death of a 36-year-old man, who was the brother of an internationally recognized Toronto poet and musician. Toronto police announced the arrest in an update on Thursday. Mohamed Ahmed was found suffering from a gunshot wound inside a vehicle in a parking lot near Sherbourne and Shuter streets on the afternoon of July 25, 2023. Ahmed was pronounced dead at the scene. The 36-year-old was the older brother of Mustafa Ahmed, an internationally recognized Toronto poet and musician formerly known as Mustafa the Poet. In a news release on Thursday, Toronto police announced that 34-year-old Mohamed Abdullahi was arrested by Belleville police. He has been charged with first-degree murder. Abdullahi is the second suspect arrested in Ahmed’s murder. In Nov. 2025, police arrested Yasir Mohamed. He was also charged with first-degree murder and other firearm-related offences. Both suspects were previously in the Top 25 list of Canada’s most wanted fugitives.
