Police have issued arrest warrants for two men wanted in connection with deadly daylight shootings in the Greater Toronto Area.
At a news conference on Tuesday, Toronto and York Region police revealed new details about the pair of shootings which occurred in Vaughan and Rexdale.
The first took place just after 1 p.m. on Jan. 26 at a commercial plaza near Winges and Rowntree Dairy roads, south of Highway 7 and Highway 400.
Police arrived to find a man in front of a local business suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was rushed to hospital, where he died. Investigators later identified the victim as 65-year-old Richmond Hill resident Sergio Lopes.
Police investigating alleged shooting near a Vaughan plaza
A vehicle seen fleeing the scene of the shooting was later located on fire on Kipling Avenue, north of Woodbridge Avenue.
The second shooting happened at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 7 in the Woodbine Shopping Centre parking lot near Rexdale Boulevard and Highway 27.
In that case, police said 37-year-old Brampton resident Chandan Kumar Raja Nandakumar was found at the scene with gunshot wounds. He was sitting alone in his vehicle when he was shot.
Speaking at Tuesday’s news conference, Toronto Police Det. Sgt. Sandra Arruda said that 19-year-old Isaiah Thomas Badger is now wanted for first-degree murder in both shootings, and said Nandakumar’s killing was “absolutely brazen.”
Woodbine Mall shooting Police are on the scene of a shooting at Woodbine Mall on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (Jacob Estrin)
Badger is from Edmonton and wanted by police there on undisclosed weapons charges, she said.
One additional suspect yet to be identified: police
A second 19-year-old suspect, identified as Mississauga resident Jacob Wallace is also wanted for first-degree murder in connection with the shooting of Lopes. Police allege that Wallace drove the getaway car from the site of the burned out vehicle found on Kipling Avenue.
While a Canada-wide arrest warrant has been issued for Badger by police in Toronto, Nauman said York Regional police are also seeking Canada-wide warrants for both suspects.
Police believe Badger and Wallace are still in the Greater Toronto Area and Arruda delivered a message to them at Tuesday’s news conference.
“To Mr. Badger and Mr. Wallace: We’re coming for you. Turn yourselves in. Hire a lawyer.”
After the shooting of Nandakumar, Arruda alleged, Badger drove a stolen vehicle to the Claireville Conservation Area in Brampton and set the car on fire. Someone then picked him up from the site but that person has not been identified.
“I do not have an identification on that person nor a description, but I’ll say this: this investigation is continuing. I will identify who that person was and we will lay the appropriate charges where the evidence leads us,” Arruda said.
Motive unclear
Investigators are still working to determine a motive in both shootings and said the only thing linking them at this point is that Badger is a suspect in both.
Both incidents are believed to be targeted, and police highlighted on Tuesday that neither victim was involved in any criminal activity in the lead up to their deaths.
Police released an image of Nandakumar, but not Lopes, at the news conference. They said the loss of both men was felt deeply by the family and friends that knew them.
Chandan Kumar Raja Nandakumar Chandan Kumar Raja Nandakumar, 37, is seen in this undated image. (Toronto Police)