Word spread quickly on social media about the fatal shooting of emerging Toronto rapper Houdini, AKA Dimarjio Antonio Jenkins, who was killed in the Entertainment District in the late afternoon Tuesday, May 26.
Within just a few hours of Jenkins’ death, followers started posting messages of condolence on the 21-year-old North York native’s Instagram account. Scores of fans, supporters, and friends also took to Facebook and Twitter to express their grief, disappointment, and disbelief.
Jenkins, who grew up in the Driftwood neighborhood, near Jane Street and Finch Avenue, had seen some success with his music career. One of his more recent tracks Auntie (with fellow hip hop artist WhyG) went viral, while his album HOU I AM got more than two-million streams on Apple Music and Spotify.
Jenkins is Toronto's 28th murder victim of 2020.
Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, shots rang out near King Street and Blue Jays Way.
Toronto police had yet to identify the victim as of early Wednesday morning.
Two others — a 15-year-old boy and 27-year-old woman — were also injured during the incident, which Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders described as "targeted" and "brazen". Speaking with reporters at the scene, he said the woman shot was "an innocent person caught in the crossfire." Both victims are expected to recover.
Toronto police said a fourth person was also injured, but their injuries don't appear to be serious.
And while Saunders didn't provide any descriptive details for the suspect(s), he said they were in a blue vehicle and "deliberately" waited for 40 minutes for the victim to arrive. The shooter reportedly exited the vehicle, fired a gun, then fled the scene.
Investigators recovered a gun at the scene.
Source: Toronto.com
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