A man has been arrested in a brazen drive-by shooting death in the city’s west-end this week.
Shamoi Palmer, 23, was arrested at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday and charged with the first-degree murder of 32-year-old Jermaine George Titus, who was gunned down while driving his car along Weston Rd. Wednesday morning.
Toronto Police Det. Sgt. Michael Patterson told a Thursday afternoon press conference that named Palmer as the wanted suspect that Titus was a hard-working father of a four-year-old son with no criminal past.
“His death was senseless,” he said.
“He has no gang affiliations or past criminal convictions, he appeared to be a man who worked very hard and loved his son very much.”
Police were called to the Jane St. and Weston Rd. area a little after 10 a.m. Wednesday for reports of gunfire. They found Titus behind the wheel of his car — shot to death by a man driving an SUV passing by in the oncoming lanes of Weston Rd.
A second person in the car, who police declined to identify, was uninjured and has been co-operative with investigators.
Patterson took issue with certain Toronto media outlets broadcasting surveillance video of Titus’ murder, saying the victim’s family was extremely upset over the airing of the footage.
“It affected our investigation, I’m not going to lie to you — and the family was quite disturbed to see their loved one murdered on TV,” he said.
Police are appealing to the public to help investigators reconstruct Titus’ final 24 hours.
Patterson said they know Titus left the area of Kipling and Finch at 8 a.m., driving the vehicle he was killed in — a 2012 Lexus A26, with a unique black trunk cover, dark rims and an extremely dark window tint.
The vehicle also rode very low to the ground, he said.
Patterson is hoping the distinctive vehicle will stand out in people’s minds who may have saw him in the 24 hours before his death.
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