Another suspect charged with murder in fatal 2024 stabbing in Etobicoke

Police are on the scene of a fatal stabbing near Lake Shore and Islington on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (CP24)

Toronto police have arrested a second suspect in connection with a fatal stabbing in south Etobicoke last year.

In a news release on Wednesday, police announced the second arrest in the death of 36-year-old Jesse Christian Halvorsen on the morning of Sept. 12, 2024.

Halvorsen was stabbed during an altercation involving a group of people in the area of Lake Shore Boulevard West and Islington Avenue.

Police said Halvorsen suffered life-threatening injuries and was transported to the hospital, where he died shortly after. He is the city’s 60th homicide victim of 2024.

The day after the stabbing, police arrested 35-year-old Shawn Downs-Abbot and charged him with second-degree murder.

More than a year later, a second suspect, identified as 61-year-old Michael Jones, of no fixed address, was arrested on Wednesday and also charged with second-degree murder.

Police continue to ask anyone with information to contact them at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).