Ontario man killed outside his home while taking out the trash

A man who was shot and killed outside his home in south Etobicoke late Monday night appeared to be taking his garbage out when he was ambushed, neighbours told CTV News Toronto.
Police have not released the victim’s name, but neighbours say he was a builder who owned a construction company called Inspirational Homes. A pickup truck could be seen in the victim’s driveway Tuesday with the company’s name on it.
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[@bobpiec]

Sorry for his family! This is what happens when you don't punish criminals.

[@peterc6559]

If you had more than 2 brain cells working you would deduct that this was not random. Look at his house, look at the neighbourhood, this wasn't a random act and it has nothing to do with politics or whatever else you read on twitter and can't wait to regurgitate. Stop being a reactionary andy the moment you read a headline when you have no idea about what actually happened

[@pappadudat]

Lmao what?

[@bobwoods1302]

You wouldn't make much of a police detective would you?😂😂

[@carlose6010]

How do you know he was not involved in organized crime in some way? Curious how you know so much, without knowing much.

[@Nico-rl1vq]

Wake up and start thinking!!! A whole a bunch of are commenting on a pretty house! Clearly a double life style. Why I wouldn’t be surprised if he had a triple or a QUADRUPLE lifestyle! Something very suspect going on. Not all peaches and cream by ANY means! This is straight out of Cabot Cove, Murder She Wrote. Where’s Jessica Fletcher when you need her the most? She’d crack this case wide open. Fancy house nothing. This reeks of gambling, graft, grifting, and gimmicks! Call Jessica Fletcher now! The victims are the neighbors who could have inadvertently got caught up in this ordered hit.

[@Kat1kafka]

This was definitely a hit

[@missymcmicheal957]

Mo money Mo problems 💯

[@alknobhill]

Most definitely there has to be more to the story

[@fantasyguru26]

Clearly the dude was targeted. As to why I guess that is up to the homicide investigators to figure out.

[@kr-pm1xg]

It's getting bad... When you can't even take out your garbage.. Without wondering.."should I unplug the slow cooker....? I might not make it back."....

[@MG-vk2jr]

😂

[@Martin-qm2lg]

May he rest in peace and police find the killer responsible for this horrible crime.

[@-WhizzBang-]

LOL! Looking at that house, that was probably a high ranking member of some crime organization that was executed!!. And And the police are likely on their payroll!

[@who399]

​@@user-mh2wc3tq9sboomers are in their 70's and 80's they don't drive anymore donkey.

[@Whynotcreate]

If your neighbors can hear you cough you don't live in a mansion

[@Kr0nicDragon]

$2,500 a night? Who’s the real criminal here?

[@howardroussel]

thank you.

[@dropshipincanada]

lol dont be mad at others for having a brain to make money

[@sean4060]

$2,500 a night is not unreasonable given the size and what is offered. Have you never shopped around luxury accommodations?

[@LandscapeMaster33]

Loll

[@yokiryuchan7655]

@@dropshipincanada If he's so smart why is he dead?

[@johnransom1146]

Mob? Disgruntled ex employee? Unhappy customer?

[@cavX2]

One of those 3 I’d say

[@-WhizzBang-]

Looking at that home! Yup! Mob member, Drug Dealer, etc. Take your pick!

[@glennhankins6927]

Trudeau import.

[@AH-mj1rd]

​@@-WhizzBang-sad that in Canada thats the only way to make it big

[@supah_sonic9979]

Or perhaps ripped someone off

[@gfroese4799]

Doesn't sound like the police are really interested in finding or naming the perp

[@CanadianBerserker75]

I’m sure this was a case of “accidental discharge”. Three times!

[@Inspector218]

No surprise, home builder probably screwed someone out of thousands.

[@Beniamin6665]

Exactly… Tremendous emphasis on your statement….

[@patbrennan6572]

$2500 a night ? bed and breakfast. Maybe someone wanted their money back.

[@wayfaringsnevis]

Exactly international crime stuff; hookers and parties; porno filmography; illegal and really bad stuff the Airbnb marketing is not regulated; But needs to be!! This is why Justin’s embargo on foreign home purchase is so important. I hope it’s etched into permanent law as complete contraband.

[@user-zp7jp1vk2i]

@@wayfaringsnevis foreign home ban is not enforceable and as a program, it should have come into effect when Cdn. interest rates were sky high and KASH came into the country from Taiwan, scooping up home sites for cheap as Cdns. couldn't finance the buy. 1990.

[@BrianSmith-si4zd]

Surprised this doesn't happen more to contractors.

[@patbrennan6572]

They can be a shady bunch , no question about that.

[@SerumFromThere]

Deal gone bad. -- Lots of rich construction guys do under the table stuff here in Canada. Just is what it is.

[@maestrovso]

Bingo!

[@john0270]

yeah or dicking around with a someones old lady.

[@2painful2watch]

Canarkansas?

[@chrisministerofsmartarsery3322]

So glad to see the scary gun ban is working 🙃

[@thomashead7528]

Huh...this statement means what

[@cantfindausernamedam]

@@thomashead7528 I would assume it refers to the crippling $1 BILLION dollars plus that will be spent to buy back long guns from legal gun owners whilst ignoring and facilitating easy access for criminals to buy handguns. If those resources and energy were spent more appropriately, and not ignoring this area's own police report stating that %100 of the traceable handguns taken from criminals were from the states, then perhaps this person would still be alive today

[@francesbernard2445]

How sensible would it be for you to try and carry a weapon while at the same time you are taking out the garbage to the bin just outside your home while a crook might be somewhere outside hiding with one too?

[@2painful2watch]

@@cantfindausernamedam Yet as a Canadian consumer, I reserve my constitutional right to buy and own freely and without restrictions any goods freely. This includes handguns.

[@2painful2watch]

@@francesbernard2445 I always carry something with me when I take out the trash or go for a simple walk around my area.

[@retrohaven]

A builder? Mafia hit.

[@beat5745]

You know we are in rough economic shape when they are calling a single family home a mansion...

[@wesdex04]

Look at the footage in this video of the mansion compared to the houses beside it. Look at the ariel view as well as the neighbourhood shots. Its footprint and height are almost double that of every house surrounding it. Ceilings look 12ft high. Its a mansion. Its beautiful

[@Headinavise]

@@wesdex04 If you grew up in western Canada you would remember when this was called a single family home.

[@bearhug7335]

​@@Headinavise Yes, when life was normal in Canada, before mass multiculturalism immigration and the 10 years of liberals destroying all things great in this once great country. Which has fast become a very dangerous 3rd world shithole dictatorship.

[@UzumakiNaruto_]

@@Headinavise That's the problem with Canada though. Need to increase density and make cities more livable than building big homes that take up so much space and requires you to drive everywhere.

[@icankillbugs]

​@@HeadinaviseYeah, this was like, a $225,000 home 20 years ago. Maybe not in Toronto, but elsewhere closeby. I grew up in the Georgian Bay area (Barrie, Midland, Elmvale, Penetanguishene etc) and this was the kind of house the average middle class, both parents working, making maybe $20/hr each lived in. The kids wouldn't go without, but let's just say they probably didn't buy new BMWs off of the lot or wear Prada/know what that even is lol. I live in SW Manitoba now, and outside of one of our only two cities, if you can even call them that, that would still be a reasonable price for such a home.

[@jimmyarbutus2555]

Ever since I was a teenager I used to argue with my parents about taking out the garbage. I feel vindicated now.

[@marcovalentini5741]

Why do we still have no name for this?

[@aperturefilm]

I have

[@jesintajesinta]

Why is there not an update on this case?!? Police don’t provide any information. We need name of victim, and update on investigations. No one says anything and these murders keep happening.

[@Gretchenweiner]

Exactly

[@TraitofSiNN727]

some days I wish we brought back the death penalty for this kind of crimes. an eye for an eye.

[@lindablackmore]

Agreed. Especially with the way forensic science has advanced!!!

[@graceyjewels7148]

He built a beautiful home.

[@Godssoldier.]

Doesn't matter now that he's dead 😮

[@Andre-vr1ul]

That house is not beautiful. It is gawdy and brutal.

[@navb0tactual]

Mald

[@wintertarzanjagrup2527]

*he owns the company that buillds alot of homes . not just this one

[@rockin3933]

So sad😢

[@MrChancebandit]

Dont be shady and you wont get killed. Greed is evil and eventually you will get karma .

[@brownnomad6805]

Peasant talk

[@MrChancebandit]

@@brownnomad6805 morally wrong person talk

[@AberrantArt]

We're the neighbors saying he was a bad guy? Sounds like they described him as the opposite.

[@justinleon3509]

sure he could be a nice neighbour. but he couldve been engaged in shady business practices. @@AberrantArt

[@FriendlyUncle]

@@AberrantArt It's called a facade.

[@DemeterPictures]

Doesn’t take a genius to tell you this screams organized crime. No one, and I mean no one successful in building in Toronto does not have ties to some sort of criminal enterprise.

[@wholeshebang1]

I wonder if he was one of the builders/developers that made a deal with DoFo developing the Greenbelt.

[@Nico-rl1vq]

Finally, someone who is thinking!!! The rest are a bunch of Homers commenting on a pretty house! Clearly a double life style. Why I wouldn’t be surprised if he had a triple or a QUADRUPLE lifestyle! Something very suspect going on. Not all peaches and cream by ANY means! This is straight out of Cabot Cove, Murder She Wrote. Where’s Jessica Fletcher when you need her the most? She’d crack this case wide open. Fancy house nothing. This reeks of gambling, graft, grifting, and gimmicks! Call Jessica Fletcher now!

[@harunmusa8693]

Exactly 💯

[@humanonearth1]

Ahem the Ford's, Ahem.

[@TWOB1GUNZ]

Have you seen the crime in canada? Home invasions? Car thefts? Shootings at civilians at bus stops 2 DAYS IN A ROW same extact bus stop......you dont have to be involved in anything to be a victim in canada. Having a nice home isnt a crime, hes a builder they tend to hsve nice homes kinda like jewelers tend to have nice watches and car sales men tend to have nice cars. Smh

[@iamkakashi20]

yeah he must of been targeted. it happen in my area 5 years ago. my brother was taken out the trashs. a car was driveing by as he was puting the trash in the garbage bins. and they slowed down and pulled out a gun and pointed at my brother but they keeped looken at him and they put there gun back away and keeped drive down the road. it would seen my brother was not there target they were looken for. so since then me and my brother don.t take out the trash late at night no more. we take it out early in the morining now. and our street is a nice place to like everyone is nice and everyone knows everyone there. the world is geting more dangerus.

[@anitadsouza1335]

It's smart to take out the trash about 30 minutes before garbage pick-up to avoid Raccoons and Overnight Dumpster Divers stealing banking and personal information from your trashbin. Why didn't you report the suspicious incident to the Police ?

[@stevexie2705]

Why are they not releasing the vehicle description?

[@fasteddy-fd3kr]

Jealousy 😢

[@jdbrando9469]

Don't need more luxury homes. Need more affordable homes. Just sayin.

[@glennleslie6127]

You can have both, btw.

[@MsDesiree39]

he owned a sucessful company, not everyone anywhere on thew planet can own a big home so pple need to get what they can afford, you're not entitlled

[@dropshipincanada]

you must be living on welfare on purpose and to lazy to start a business like others

[@tripleblack3160]

Dont build a mansion in a bad area, look how nice his home.was compared to his neighbours

[@icankillbugs]

You call that a mansion? I guess with Toronto housing and rental prices, anything more than a studio apartment is mansion-level prices these days lol

[@DHEspana]

Clearly not a bad area

[@90SecondsDreamComingTrue]

@@icankillbugs I died. Luxury mansion?!! Where is it?

[@conephompany]

you can't see it bc you're blinded by your wealth

[@carlose6010]

​@@icankillbugsIt's a mini mansion. 3 stories, open concept, high budget. It's NOT your average Canadian family home that's certain.. especially in Toronto.

[@abrahamdozer6273]

That used to be a nice, quiet suburb ... about 60 years ago.

[@bennyc6694]

Home developer from Etobicoke? Maybe his hands were in that greenbelt deal & possibly one of his competitors is a bit more greedy than others & hired a hit 💁‍♂️ when you’re set to make billions you’ll do whatever you can

[@MrMannyhw]

Like Barry Sherman style hit?

[@Destaric40]

Looking at the home I assume he had dealing in something else and it eventually caught up to him.

[@wqv5423ln]

If thats your way of judging then there are thousands out there😢

[@spootnik00]

Play stupid games win stupid prizes

[@tealeh2]

Poor guy, he had a nice home..

[@theastuteangler]

that's your measure of a person's merit, value, and virtue? get fucked.

[@improbuslotus]

If you have much more to lose than the individual threatening you, its probably wise to rid yourself of arrogance instead of provoking, instigating and simply shrugging off the forewarned retaliation.....whenever its a threat on your life - TAKE IT SERIOUSLY (YOU ONLY HAVE ONE - THERES NO REPEATS)

[@wqv5423ln]

​@@Bhgjjjhe's making this up

[@brianpistolwhip]

Sounds suspicious...

[@user-nb3zb2fg4q]

Spoken like a pos coward

[@buckaroo1949]

I lived at #24 in the late 60's. Bonnyview was dead end both ways in those days.

[@martinc.720]

ok

[@Knight_647]

Jeff healey park and toms dairy freeze!!!

[@buckaroo1949]

@@Knight_647 I did not know that, it was Woodford Park.

[@Knight_647]

@@buckaroo1949 Renamed to Jeff Healey Park in honor of the dead artist that was the lead singer in the band featured in the late 80's classic smash hit Road House with Patrick Swayze! Jeff Healey grew up on Bonnyview drive and my dad went to school with him

[@Michael-jj6pf]

Owed money or drugs to someone

[@henzo6753]

Let me guess...another rogue Hunter with an "Assult" rifle......Isn't demoralization great?

[@pacman3556]

wtf are you talking about?

[@MyHandelsMessiah]

@@pacman3556I can't figure it out. Right wing garbage clearly

[@brianblak14]

Nope i think it’s a illegal gun😂😂

[@pacman3556]

@@brianblak14 all guns start off legally somewhere so this would have involved a legal gun.

[@mycharles3340]

This was a mafia hit

[@mingzhu8093]

How many shootings we had up unitl now for this year? Did we we get the suspect of the shooting happened in Ottawa last week?

[@martinc.720]

You mean 2 days ago?

[@mingzhu8093]

@@martinc.720 It was last Saturday.

[@thothkemet-lv8wq]

I once watched a documentary on KZbin about Mafias in Canada. Italian, Greek, Albanian.. Interesting they are hardly ever mentioned on the news

[@monte2487]

You can’t keep track of the shootings

[@mobileplayers5008]

Nah it totally gangsta related crime. It always happens vwhen they found out where yo lived.

[@teresawilson3893]

Yup sounds about right for that area.

[@shaynad7326]

That’s terrifying. I used to live right by there.

[@jonathanandrew2909]

Way to make this about you.

[@wes6244]

I felt the same way. My aunt's mailman had a step-niece that lived a block from there. Could've been me.

[@jonathanandrew2909]

@@wes6244in a way, we were all murdered that day.

[@Knight_647]

same haha

[@Knight_647]

@@jonathanandrew2909 I grew up there too, it's the best part of the city. The Mean Girls School zone of middle Etobicoke... someone got whacked and it wasn't me, of course I'm gonna make some noise! someone got whacked in my home turf and it wasn't me muahahahahahahha

[@go5582]

Could it be his wife , neighbor,business partner,ex lover, Gardener, employee, assistant contractor? My goodness. You take out the trash at night? I do all the time. Who new you were going to take it out, your wife.

[@jamesking1495]

Motive? It was a gun fight 😐😑😐 thank you sockboy for the increase in guncrime since you banned guns last year. 😐😑😐

[@robertdeacon8132]

Its getting tough to take out the Trash .In Ontario 😮

[@wholeshebang1]

Let's start with our corrupt premier, DoFo.

[@MrMannyhw]

Looks like the guy is the trash and shooters took care of the trash

[@rodrichamilton3554]

Neighbors? And internet checks background and mitigating factors

[@2painful2watch]

Yep!

[@physicsbystanprisajny6284]

something to do with money missing

[@AK-ki2os]

Party then shooting like this? Must be a ball player

[@btvenglishnewsat10]

"I can't stop watching your videos." "Your channel is my favorite!"

[@i.03983]

his money is not clean

[@berner]

Why didn't the handgun ban stop these deer hunters? I don't get it.

[@RatherBeCancelledThanHandled]

😂😂

[@zainfazal.3369]

Literally all gun crime in Canada is caused by criminals using guns smuggled from the states. More proof that this gun ban is stupid and prohibition doesn't work.

[@user-sj3uf2ld5e]

The Government better take out the trash in court.

[@greenteambc]

Maybe too friendly with the kids ??

[@niklay33]

0:38 “ I heard Paow Paow Paow that’s it” sad 😞

[@lisahyyppa3360]

Check connections to the backyard party attendees. Perhaps a jealous rage (like someone excluded from the social setting, in some fashion)?

[@wholeshebang1]

Or...maybe he's one of the home builders/developers involved in Doug Ford's Greenbelt sell-off sceme.

[@who399]

​@@wholeshebang1shuuuuuuuutttt uuuupppppp

[@anitadsouza1335]

@@wholeshebang1 NO , just the opposite - CUPW AND ETFO Supporter ! Swansea is full of FatCat Union executives and Sunshine List Teachers who can't teach Grade 6 MATH to their pupils !

[@ct1216]

nobody cares

[@pamfullerton5334]

Its called a hit

[@Gago_ka143]

Didn’t pay the drug money he own

[@larrywilliams3858]

English?

[@wholeshebang1]

@larrywilliams3858 - You know what they meant: *_"owed."_* Satisfied?

[@adventurefitnessescape700]

Greed, as usual

[@rectalslug]

2500 a night!!!!!

[@hans5130]

Seems like a stupid place to put a mansion. Look at the houses around you

[@MerlinOlsen]

Nathan interviewed Mike Tyson once. Lol!

[@Nico-rl1vq]

Who knows what the “victim” MAY have been involved with??? Wink. Wink. Sounds like a well-planned hit that also endangered neighbors. If he was living a double life, or a triple life, then shame on him. Import eh?

[@maestrovso]

Mansion built on a blue collar cottage size lot it is.

[@Glory-to-God.]

Capone???

[@bradmcdowell9168]

He was a crook.

[@wqv5423ln]

Prove it

[@wqv5423ln]

@@MacAttackCOD maybe, but there can be many theories. We shouldnt judge without the facts.

[@Knight_647]

ETF REACHED MY OLD AREA AND I WASN'T THERE TO SEE IT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@PiviotAtWar]

He was killed on garbage day

[@2painful2watch]

The night before garbage day.

[@davidlynch9049]

It's obviously a mob hit. Duh.

[@MollyMarine]

I'm old enough to remember when Canada was a SAFE country and our borders were secured. Then Trudeau was elected

[@captainyossarian388]

Puhleeze get a life. Considering the house/mansion, probably a mafia hit.

[@-WhizzBang-]

Yup! I also remember when housing and food were affordable, Gas prices were low, we weren't being forced to use made up pronouns, losing jobs or careers for accidentally "misgendering" someone, deadly drugs like heroin and cocaine were illegal, etc...... All before Trudeau! We need to GET RID of Trudeau and the Liberals and MAKE CANADA GREAT AGAIN!

[@bobwoods1302]

So it's the PM's fault? 🤣😂🤣😂

[@trevordubois5573]

borders secure??? how do you know it was a immigrant that did the shooting?

[@steveatlas3492]

@@bobwoods1302 Liberal's fault.Non negotiable.

[@Ranvirgrewal2792]

Yeah as scary as it is it’s defiantly targeted, as much as crime in going up in TO i still consider it relatively safe.

[@georginamcallum1324]

Sounds like a target to me

[@Doug-zl8nb]

Thank you government

[@splash4000able]

Seems like this guy screwed with the wrong person

[@glennleslie6127]

awful

[@aeyb701]

Monster house consumes lawn.

[@Joseph_Jackets]

Isn't this the reporter that got into a beef with Mike Tyson?

[@mcfly7]

I don't want to be on camera but you can interview me while filming but I will trust you that you will blur.

[@williamchandler2558]

😮setup

[@sharkhudson3282]

targeted hit - im guessing drugs or money

[@saedalbittar1841]

Omg

[@Martin_Romanowski]

Canada literally became heaven for criminals where they know they’re off hook for crime

[@flaviuskern225]

Not random…

[@checko_o7524]

SO his wife getting that insurance money!!

[@marryson123]

But the government banned guns. This shouldn't have happened right?

[@MG-vk2jr]

Builder in Toronto aint easy

[@captaintrips9606]

It was the truckers convoy

[@johnandrews389]

Just like in the movie commando 😂 where’s bill duke

[@bigfootjuice8832]

Something happened

[@jimtastic7076]

a dude that rich with a home like that. I dont think he was such a nice guy after all. obviously ripped the wrong person off.

[@qualityquartz4690]

Maybe one in the gold heist ?

[@AlwayzInTheLoop]

Sounds like karma

[@anthonywalker6168]

I reckon it was a member of his church….

[@wqv5423ln]

Thats dumb.

[@wqv5423ln]

What church?

[@whatdoyouwantfromme1029]

😮 this happened in Canada 🤔❓🙏

[@2painful2watch]

Canamerica.

[@monte2487]

Nothing new

[@beefwellington570]

Lol that’s the n***a that Mike Tyson almost killed 😂😂

[@thejusticeization]

add and r to that word and it's you

[@gitgud8131]

He had pollies clearly

[@wholeshebang1]

Er - _"pollies"?_

[@gitgud8131]

@@wholeshebang1 politics, beef, enemies, etc.

[@physicsbystanprisajny6284]

force data in meditation tells me some thing to do with money missing

[@tristengenereaux3348]

The fact this dude was gunned down. And his name is being hidden shows he's involved with organized crime.. Canada is notorious for covering up organized crime in Canada. Most organized crime videos in Canada are made by KZbinrs.

[@miguelangelcorderoramos-mu5wo]

Dame cant even take out the trash in peace lets make em all gated communities so no one gets in anywhere there not supposed to

[@StaciiLovexox]

LOL you are aware that gated communities are where drug dealers and pimps live right? nowhere is safe, play stupid games win stupid prizes.