Rewards of $50,000 each are being provided for information leading to the arrests of Toronto residents Mohamed Hassan and Jabreel Elmi, who are wanted in separate murder investigations as part of an ongoing partnership by Toronto police with the Be On the Lookout (BOLO) program. .“The cases against Mohamed Hassan and Jabreel Elmi are ready to go to trial,” said Toronto police inspector Hank Idsinga in a Thursday press release. .“We simply need your help with locating them.” .The press release said Toronto police responded to a call for a shooting on Trehorne Drive in April. It said the two victims were driving northbound on Scarlett Road when the people in the vehicle beside them started shooting. .According to the press release, Toronto resident Habil Hassan died in the hospital. It said police have charged two people for this incident. .Mohamed Hassan has been put on a Canada-wide warrant for first-degree murder and attempted murder. He is described as being 22 years old, five-ft, eight-in, and weighing 160 pounds. .The press release said Toronto police responded to a call for a shooting near Oak and Sumach streets in September. It said three people were hit by gunfire, and Regent Park Community Centre employee Thane Murray died at the scene. .Investigators charged three people in the case, said the press release. It added two of the suspects were located and arrested on the same day. .Elmi is wanted for first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. He is described as being 28 years old, having a lazy right eye, five-ft, seven-in, and weighs 180 pounds. .The BOLO program announced a top 25 list of Canada’s most wanted fugitives in April, including many Toronto police were searching for. .The list has people wanted by police forces in York Region, Calgary, and Edmonton and those being searched for by the RCMP, Ontario Provincial Police, Surete du Quebec, Service de police de l’agglomeration de Longueuil, and the U.S. Marshals Service. .The BOLO program works by amplifying wanted notices. .“What we did on April 26 is unleash the power of the collective eye,” said BOLO program director Max Langlois. .“All fugitive cases are important, and what we wanted to do on that day is bring more awareness to this issue in general.”.Idsinga said people should not hesitate to come forward with information. .“If you are helping either of these men evade arrest, you may be charged with accessory after the fact,” he said. .“The criminal charge could result in life in prison.”
