Suspect arrested in Saskatchewan for 2021 murder of Regent Park youth worker Thane Murray

Jabreel Elmi, 27, and Thane Murray, 27. (Photo of Elmi courtesy of Toronto Police Service)

A suspect has been arrested in Saskatchewan in connection with a tiple shooting that claimed the life of a well-known youth worker in Regent Park in the fall of 2021.

The shooting happened near Oak and Sumach streets on the evening of Sept. 18, 2021.

Thane Murray, who was 27-year-old and worked in recreation programs at several facilities in Toronto’s east end, was found with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced deceased at the scene.

At the time, the City of Toronto released a statement, calling Murray a “well-regarded member of the Toronto Public Service.”

Two other individuals - a 29-year-old man and a 27-year-old man - were also struck by gunfire, but survived.

About three months later – in December 2021 - police arrested two suspects in connection with the homicide and issued Canada-wide arrests warrants for two others: then 27-year-old Jabreel Elmi and then 22-year-old Rajahden Angus Campbell.

But years went by without any further arrests.

In a news release issued on Monday, police confirmed that authorities in Saskatoon took Elmi into custody last week.

Saskatoon Police Service said in a separate release that the arrest took place as its officers helped execute a search warrant at an apartment on behalf of an outside agency.

Elmi was included on the Bolo Program’s 25 most wanted fugitives list, which was released in December.

He has been charged with first-degree murder as well as two counts of attempted murder.

Arrangements are now being made to bring him back to Toronto, police say.

The fourth suspect, Campbell, remains outstanding. He is described as Black, approximately six-foot-one and 174 pounds.

Police said Campbell, who is now 23, should be considered armed and dangerous, and are urging anyone who locates him to not approach, but instead call 9-1-1 immediately.