A suspect in a deadly capturing in Toronto’s east finish final summer season has been arrested in Charlottetown, only one week after he topped a listing of Canada’s most wished fugitives.
Michael Bebee, 35, was arrested with out incident by Charlottetown police at a enterprise on Belvedere Avenue at round 7:20 p.m. on Tuesday, a information launch notes.
The arrest got here precisely one week after Bebee was listed as essentially the most wished fugitive on an up to date checklist launched by the BOLO (Be on the Lookout) program.
Bebee was wished for first-degree homicide in reference to the capturing dying of Shamar Powell-Flowers close to Danforth and Carlaw avenues within the early morning hours of July 23, 2023.
Throughout a information convention final month, Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw mentioned on the time of Powell-Flowers’ homicide, Bebee was underneath a gun prohibition for his position in one other Toronto capturing 4 years earlier.
In a information launch, Charlottetown Police Providers (CPS) mentioned that they have been contacted by Toronto police late final week asking for assist with suggestions they’d obtained indicating that Bebee might have been in Prince Edward Island.
Police say that Bebee has since been taken to PEI’s Provincial Correctional Centre.
“Murder detectives from Toronto Police Service can be travelling to the island to deliver him again to Ontario within the coming days,” they mentioned.
A $100,000 reward had beforehand been supplied for data resulting in Bebee’s arrest.
On April 23, the day that Bebee was introduced because the Canada’s most wished fugitive, Powell-Flowers’ household launched an announcement saying which might be nonetheless grappling with the lack of their liked one.
“For 9 months, we’ve been crippled not solely by grief, however by the conclusion that there are individuals on the market who may assist us, however who as a substitute have chosen to stay silent,” they mentioned.
Shamar Powell-Flowers is seen on this undated photograph launched by Toronto police. (Provided)
“Individuals who may step up as our superb Shamar would have stepped up for them had the tables been turned, had somebody not chosen to hold a gun and hearth a shot that left a gap in his coronary heart and our hearts and the hearts of so many others.”
The person’s household described Powell-Flowers, a building engineer, as “courageous, loyal, formidable, very smart, and hardworking.”
“He was a guardian angel and guiding star who was at all times attempting to save lots of others. How merciless it’s that this loving and beloved man, our Shamar, couldn’t be saved himself, and was left to die alone,” the assertion mentioned.
