Man charged with 1st-degree murder after weekend shooting

A man has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 20-year-old Makayla Zanae Roxburgh-Carpino in north Toronto, police say.

The 27-year-old Vaughan man was arrested and appeared in court for a bail hearing on Sunday, police said in a news release.

Officers were initially called to the area of Eglinton Avenue West and Northcliffe Boulevard shortly after 5 a.m. Saturday for reports of gunfire.

They found Roxburgh-Carpino with gunshot wounds, police said. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Anyone with information about the homicide is asked to contact Toronto police investigators or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers.

Toronto police at the scene of the fatal shooting in the morning hours of May 11, 2024. (Spencer Gallichan-Lowe/CBC News)