Homicide Investigation – 3 Arrested

Case #: 2024-1735319  Published: Tuesday, January 7, 2025, 2:42 PM

The Toronto Police Service is updating the public on a Homicide investigation.

See excerpt from the previous news release published on August 10, 2024:

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On Thursday, August 8, 2024, at approximately 10:40 p.m., police responded to a call for a Shooting in the Lake Shore Boulevard East and Joseph Duggan Road area.

It is reported that:

• a group of males were heard arguing
• a number of gunshots were heard
• the victim was located with a gunshot wound
• the victim was transported to hospital where he was pronounced deceased

The victim has been identified as Dacia Mbongo, 21, of Quebec.

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On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, investigators executed search warrants in Toronto and Durham Region.

As a result of these search warrants, three people were arrested in relation to this homicide.

Ricardo Wills, 18, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with:

1. Second Degree Murder
2. Robbery

He was scheduled to appear in court at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre, 2201 Finch Avenue West, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at 2 p.m., in room 102.

Kenneth Neil, 26, of Ajax, was arrested and charged with:

1. Second Degree Murder
2. Robbery

He was scheduled to appear in court at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre, 2201 Finch Avenue West, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at 2 p.m., in room 102.

Lukiara Hunter-Wilmot, 19, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with:

1. Manslaughter
2. Robbery

She was scheduled to appear in court at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre, 2201 Finch Avenue West, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at 2 p.m., in room 102.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), or at www.222tips.com.

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