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Constable’s Death Probed for Terror Link, 19-Year-Old Charged

6/13/2026

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Police are probing whether Constable Marc Pinizzotto’s death links to a terror network that threatened retaliation against the United States.
Pinizzotto was killed Thursday during a Toronto apartment search tied to the March U.S. consulate shooting.
Nineteen-year-old Nicholas Bennett was charged with first-degree murder, police are seeking 19-year-old Zara Jabbi, and Ontario Special Investigations Unit is reviewing the shooting after four others were present during the gunfire exchange.

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Police are probing whether Constable Marc Pinizzotto’s death links to a terror network that threatened retaliation against the United States.
Pinizzotto was killed Thursday during a Toronto apartment search tied to the March U.S. consulate shooting.
Nineteen-year-old Nicholas Bennett was charged with first-degree murder, police are seeking 19-year-old Zara Jabbi, and Ontario Special Investigations Unit is reviewing the shooting after four others were present during the gunfire exchange.