Region of Peel \u2013 Investigators with Peel Regional Police’s Major Crime Unit have arrested and charged a suspect in an attempted murder investigation who was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for more than three years.<\/p>\n
On Sept. 22, 2026, with assistance from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), 36-year-old Nakeem Jamar Johnson was arrested in Cross Lake, Manitoba. Johnson had been wanted since 2023 in connection with an attempted murder investigation.<\/p>\n
The investigation began on Feb. 3, 2022, when Peel Regional Police responded to a shooting in the area of Queen Street East and Rutherford Road in Brampton. An adult male victim was located suffering from gunshot wounds and sustained serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries.<\/p>\n
On May 8, 2023, investigators executed search warrants at multiple locations across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). As a result, officers seized five firearms, approximately 10 kilograms of methamphetamine, and significant quantities of fentanyl and cocaine.<\/p>\n
Following the investigation, a Canada-wide warrant was issued for Johnson’s arrest on the following charges:<\/p>\n
Attempted Murder
\nConspiracy to Commit Murder
\nPossession of a Firearm
\nPossession for the Purpose of Trafficking x2
\nKnowledge of Unauthorized Possession x4\u00a0
\nPossession of a Loaded Prohibited Firearm x4
\nPossession of a Prohibited Device x4<\/p>\n
Johnson was subsequently transported by Major Crime Unit investigators from Winnipeg to Brampton, Ontario, where he was held for a bail hearing.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact investigators from the Major Crime Unit at (905) 453-2121, ext. 2290.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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