Police have made an arrest in the death of Karolina Huebner-Makurat, a 44-year-old mother of two young girls, who was killed by a stray bullet on July 7 while walking down the sidewalk at lunchtime in east end Toronto.
Toronto Police Service (TPS) announced that it has have arrested Damian Hudson, 32, of Toronto and charged him with second-degree murder. In a news release on July 13, TPS said Mr. Hudson was scheduled to appear in court for a bail hearing on that day, and that they were still seeking two unidentified suspects.
A 32-year-old man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder over the death of a woman who was killed by a stray bullet during a shooting in Toronto’s east end on July 7, 2023. Police say 44-year-old Karolina Huebner-Makurat, shown in this undated handout photo, was killed while walking in the Leslieville neighbourhood in Toronto. (The Canadian Press/HO – Toronto Police Service)
“Caroline was an innocent bystander who succumbed to her gunshot injuries as a result of a stray bullet at the corner of Queen St. East and Carlaw Ave. on Friday afternoon, July 7, 2023,” said a GoFundMe fundraiser set up on July 8 by friends of the family to support the woman’s grieving husband Adrian Makurat and her children….