The Toronto 2024 Homicide Victim List is available here
Toronto police responded to a call for a stabbing at Jane Subway Station on June 25, 2024, at 5:53 p.m.
On arrival police located Matthew Rumble, 39, of Toronto, suffering from a stab wound. He was rushed to hospital where he were pronounced deceased.
Investigators said there was an argument between the suspect and victim on a TTC bus. They exited the bus at Jane station in the bus bay area, where there was a physical altercation between the suspect and the victim. The fight escalated, and the suspect stabbed the victim. The suspect fled the area on foot with an unknown female.
The suspect is described as male, black, 5’9″- 5’11”, with a thin build. The person of interest is described as female, white, blonde hair, with a thin build.
Update: On Thursday, July 4, 2024, with the assistance of Waterloo Regional Police, the suspects were located in Waterloo and arrested.
Tefai Silva Opoku-Boadu, 22, of Kitchener, has been charged with:
- Second Degree Murder
He will attend the Ontario Court of Justice, 2201 Finch Avenue West, on Friday, July 5, 2024.
Mackenzie Hargrave, 19, of Warminster, has been charged with:
- Accessory After The Fact to Murder
She will attend the Ontario Court of Justice, 2201 Finch Avenue West, on Friday, July 5, 2024.
Update: According to the Toronto Star, a Toronto man has been acquitted of second-degree murder in the 2024 stabbing death of 39-year-old Matthew Rumble at Jane Station.
Tefai Opoku-Boadu admitted to fatally stabbing Rumble, but argued he acted in self-defence after Rumble attacked him with a knife.
Justice Jennifer Penman found it was more likely that Rumble had brought the knife and had initiated the confrontation. She ruled the Crown failed to disprove Opoku-Boadu’s claim of self-defence.
Opoku-Boadu fled after the stabbing and was arrested days later in Waterloo. Despite that, the judge concluded he was panicked and trying to avoid arrest.
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