Police identify victim of fatal stabbing at Etobicoke banquet hall

Shacquan Harrison, 24, is Toronto’s ninth homicide victim of 2023, police say. (Toronto Police Service - image credit)
Shacquan Harrison, 24, is Toronto’s ninth homicide victim of 2023, police say. (Toronto Police Service - image credit)

Toronto Police have identified 24-year-old Shacquan Harrison as the victim of a fatal stabbing outside an Etobicoke banquet hall last week.

In a news release issued Thursday, police also said a Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a 26-year-old man in connection with the case.

Officers were first dispatched to a venue near Highway 27 and Steeles Avenue West around 9:30 p.m. on March 10 for reported gunfire.

Police say there had been an altercation with weapons involved, and a person was stabbed and went to a nearby hospital.

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Police identified Harrison as the victim Thursday. The Toronto man was pronounced dead later in hospital, police say.

A second victim from the same incident went to a different hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to the news release. A gun was also recovered by investigators.

Police say they are now looking for a Toronto man who is wanted for second-degree murder. The suspect is considered "armed and dangerous," police say.