Toronto police say a man has been arrested in connection with Toronto’s 11th homicide of 2019.
Sources tell Global News the victim and the accused are brothers.
Police said they responded to a suspicious death call on Monday afternoon and located an unconscious man, not breathing and with signs of trauma in the area of Broadway Avenue and Mount Pleasant Road.
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Officials said they attempted to save the man’s life, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Police identified the victim as 47-year-old Jason Lewis, whom coroners determined died from blunt force trauma.
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Quentin Luke Lewis, 42, of Toronto was arrested on Monday in connection with the homicide.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Toronto police at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).
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