Toronto

Man charged with 1st-degree murder in North York shooting

A 51-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a man in North York earlier this month, Toronto police say. 

Victim was found with a gunshot found lying in a driveway on Dec. 9

Toronto police tow a minivan at the scene of a fatal shooting in North York on Dec. 9, 2024.
Toronto police tow a minivan at the scene of a fatal shooting in North York on Dec. 9, 2024. Police say a 51-year-old man was arrested and charged with first-degree murder on Tuesday in connection with the shooting. (Jaskaran Singh/CBC)

A 51-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a man in North York earlier this month, Toronto police say. 

The victim, 69-year-old Mariano De-Marco, was killed in the early morning hours of Dec. 9. 

Police said a parking officer found De-Marco at around 4 a.m., with a gunshot wound and no vital signs lying in a driveway on Fairholme Avenue, in the area of Lawrence Avenue W. and Allen Road. 

At the time, police said they believed the shooting was targeted. 

On Tuesday, police said a 51-year-old man from Toronto was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in De-Marco's death. 

He was scheduled to appear at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre on Tuesday morning.