A 29-year-old already charged in a murder is now accused in the brazen takeout last November of reputed Mob enforcer Antonio “Scratch” Fiorda at an Etobicoke strip mall.
Toronto Police announced Tuesday night that Saaid “Postman” Mohiadin has been charged with first-degree murder, while Jordan Thompson, 18, is charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder.
Fiorda, 50, was shot Nov. 4, 2019 around 1 p.m. at a plaza near The Queensway and N. Queen St.
The burly Fiorda was rushed to hospital, but later died.
Witnesses in a restaurant nearby said they heard the gunfire and saw the suspected triggerman flee in a getaway vehicle. The vehicle was later found but had been set on fire.
At the time, detectives said Fiorda had been targeted for death.
As for Mohiadin, he has another murder beef on his jacket.
In March, he was charged with first-degree murder in the March 19, 2019 slaying of Jerome Belle, 22, in the Junction Triangle.
Belle had been shot to death.
“He’s a great person,” Belle’s sister Chanelle Kent said at the time. “Everybody loved him. Very humble.”
Cops believe that slaying was also targeted.
In 2015, The Postman was ringing more than a few bells in Alberta.
He was arrested on a slew of charges in connection to two shootings in Fort McMurray. He was also charged with three counts of failure to comply with conditions of a recognizance.
And in 2013 outside the Loki Lounge on King St. W., Anthony Smith was shot in the head following an alleged dust-up with Mohiadin and a pal. No one was charged after Smith’s pal refused to point fingers in the murder.
That same year, cops were looking for Mohiadin for a bank robbery at a Bank of Montreal branch in Mississauga.
In that instance, after the robber demanded cash, the gutsy teller hit the panic button and the suspect fled empty-handed.
In the past three years, southern Ontario has seen an alarming uptick in Mob violence with an ever-mounting body count.
Traditional organized crime has recently begun to outsource murder to street gangs in exchange for drugs, guns or cash.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).
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