An 18-year-old man from Brampton who was just lately charged in a house invasion and a financial institution theft within the GTA has been recognized as a suspect in a taking pictures that occurred outdoors southwestern Ontario’s largest emergency division in December, London police say.
London police have laid charges towards Doneil Josiah Levy-Porter, however mentioned Wednesday night time the suspect is at present in police custody in one other jurisdiction on unrelated charges.
The brazen taking pictures occurred outdoors London Well being Science Centre’s (LHSC) Victoria Hospital round 2:30 a.m. on Dec. 14., when a truck pulled into the emergency room bay, smashing right into a cement pillar. A second automobile arrived and a number of pictures rang out, police mentioned.
The incident left folks scrambling for canopy and employees inside shaken and renewed requires higher security measures at LHSC. It prompted a Code Silver to be known as within the hospital, letting employees know there was somebody with a weapon or lively shooter on the property.
The hospital’s interim head David Musyj, vowed to put in steel detectors outdoors the emergency division within the aftermath of the taking pictures.
Levy-Porter is charged with the next:
Try and commit homicide utilizing a firearm. Possession of property obtained by crime over $5000. Harmful operation of a conveyance. Discharge a restricted firearm or a prohibited firearm in a reckless method. Fail to adjust to launch order. Fail to adjust to endeavor. Doneil Josiah Levy-Porter, 18, of Brampton, has been recognized because the suspect in a Dec. 14 taking pictures outdoors the emergency division of London’s Victoria Hospital. (London Police Service)
He stays in custody in one other jurisdiction, London police haven’t specified the place that’s.
In line with York Regional Police, Levy-Porter was arrested on Jan. 10, following an investigation into an armed dwelling invasion in Vaughan. The accused was additionally charged in relation to a financial institution theft on Dec. 23, 2024, in Markham, York police mentioned.
In a media launch outlining his arrest on Jan. 10, York Police mentioned Levy-Porter was additionally on three launch orders for earlier unrelated and unspecified charges.
