Peel Regional Police have arrested a second suspect in connection with the 2023 killing of a Punjabi youth in Mississauga.<\/p>\n
Investigators with the Homicide Bureau confirmed that Devaunte Thompson, 26, of Caledon, was taken into custody in Toronto on July 16.<\/p>\n
He has been charged with second-degree murder and remains in custody pending a bail hearing before the Ontario Court of Justice.<\/p>\n
The case dates back to July 9, 2023, when Gurvinder Nath, 24, of Brampton, was working as a food delivery driver near Britannia Road and Creditview Road.<\/p>\n
At approximately 2:10 am, Nath was attacked and robbed of his vehicle. He was rushed to a trauma centre but later succumbed to his injuries. The suspects fled in his car, triggering a homicide investigation.<\/p>\n
Earlier, on February 15, 2024, police arrested Jazaine Kerr, 23, of Mississauga. Kerr was charged with second-degree murder and possession of a prohibited firearm. Following that arrest, investigators identified Thompson as the second suspect and issued a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest.<\/p>\n
The killing of Nath, a young immigrant working late-night delivery shifts, had drawn widespread concern over the safety of gig workers. Community members raised concerns about the risks faced by gig workers, particularly those working overnight.<\/p>\n
Police are urging anyone with information about the case to contact the Homicide Bureau at 905-453-2121, ext. 3205.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peel Regional Police have arrested a second suspect in connection with the 2023 killing of a Punjabi youth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[46945,46946,46947,46948,46949,37770,21169,46950,91,46951,46952],"class_list":["post-143296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mississauga","tag-devauntethompson","tag-fooddelivery","tag-gigworkersafety","tag-gurvindernath","tag-mississaugahomicide","tag-peelpolice","tag-punjabiyouth","tag-crimenews","tag-mississauga","tag-mississaugacrime","tag-seconddegreemurder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}