Toronto Homicide 38 & 39 – Victims identified as Samira Yousefi, and Arash Missaghi

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On Monday, June 17, 2024, at 3:35 p.m., Toronto police responded to a shooting at a commercial building on Mallard Road, near Don Mills Road.

Investigators said it is alleged that an altercation took place in a business which resulted in a shooting. On arrival police located three deceased adults.

The victims have been identified as Arash Missaghi, 54, of Toronto, and Samira Yousefi, 44, of Concord.

The third deceased is a 46-year old man who is believed to be responsible for the shooting.

According to City TV news Arash Missaghi, was charged in a 2018 investigation, dubbed “Project Bridle Path.”

Police had alleged Missaghi and three other men took part in a “sophisticated and complex” scheme involving “several high-end properties.” The value of the alleged fraud was estimated at $17 million.

Missaghi and Yousefi had also been named in a civil lawsuit alleging mortgage fraud that was filed on June 4, 2024.

According to @cmcdonaldglobal “Tonight on Global News at 11, a statement we obtained from the wife of the shooter who opened fire in a Don Mills office. “The events that gave rise to the litigation we are involved in with Missaghi and Yousefi have devastated and now destroyed our family. Alan could not handle losing our life’s savings and that is what led to this tragic event. He wrote a note before he died that I found today which explains what he was thinking and why he acted as he did.” Alisa Pogorelovsky about her husband Alan Kats”

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), or at www.222tips.com.