Man Arrested For Two Synagogue Shootings IFCJ Canada | May 10, 2026 Credit: IFCJ Toronto and York Regional police services announced they have arrested an 18-year-old male in connection to the synagogue shootings that took place back in March: The suspect’s identity is withheld under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, as he was 17 at the time of the shootings. He faces seven gun-related charges, including two counts of discharge of a firearm into a place and unauthorized possession of a firearm. The shootings occurred late on March 6 and early March 7, when shots were fired first at Beth Avraham Yoseph Synagogue of Toronto (BAYT) in Thornhill, and then at Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue in Toronto. No injuries were reported, but two people were inside the BAYT cleaning up, at the time of the shooting. Toronto Police’s Integrated Gun and Gang Task Force, supported by the newly formed Counter-Terrorism Security Unit, which includes the Hate Crime Unit, along with York Region’s Firearms Investigations Team and Hate Crime Prevention Unit, investigated the incidents. We are continuing to pray for The BAYT synagogue, led by IFCJ Canada board member Rabbi Korobkin, along with other establishments targeted by anti-Semitic incidents and gun violence in Canada.
