North York murder suspect was once a police officer in Collingwood

Michaelo Markicevic, 67, of Toronto, is facing a second-degree murder charge in the April 30 death of 47-year-old Toronto resident Daniel Stopnicki. (TPS photo)

A man accused of fatally shooting another man in a park in North York in broad daylight late last week was a former police officer in Collingwood.

A media officer from Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) tells CP24 that the “person in question,” identified by Toronto police on Sunday as 67-year-old Michaelo Markicevic, of Toronto, “resigned from Collingwood Police Service in 1995/1996.”

Spokesperson Ashley Taylor said that individual did not transfer over to the force when Collingwood Police Service amalgamated with the OPP in 1997/1998.

“We have no other information at this time,” she said.

Markicevic is facing a charge of second-degree murder in the April 30 death of 47-year-old Toronto resident Daniel Stopnicki.

The homicide, which is Toronto’s seventh of the year, appears to have occurred near the baseball diamond at Wenderley Park, which is in the vicinity of Marlee Avenue and Glengrove Avenue West.

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