Suspect arrested in 2023 shooting of Toronto singer’s brother

Toronto police have made an arrest in connection with a 2023 murder investigation in the city’s Moss Park neighbourhood.

According to investigators, 36-year-old Mohamed Ahmed was gunned down while inside a vehicle at an apartment parking lot near Sherbourne Street and Shuter Street on July 25, 2023. He was located inside the vehicle with a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The case dominated headlines in the press after it became known that the victim was the brother of Toronto musician, Mustafa the Poet. The singer shas said that his debut album “Dunya” is heavily influenced by the grief of his brother’s death and the violence in his hometown.

For more than two years, investigators have been searching for two suspects who are believed to be responsible for Ahmed’s kil