WATCH: Toronto police arrest teen for murder of boy, 8, two others wanted

Toronto police have charged a teenage boy with first-degree murder and are searching for two more teen suspects in the death of an eight-year-old boy who was killed by a stray bullet last month.

JahVai Roy was struck by gunfire shot outside his North York apartment building just after midnight on Aug. 16. He was rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

His death reverberated through the community, spurring a candlelit vigil and a rally against gun violence at Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square.

Police said they identified three suspects during their investigation.

The first, a 16-year-old boy who was 15 at the time of the shooting, was arrested Friday with a loaded gun, police said. He faces five firearms charges.

Police have issued Canada-wide warrants for the arrest of two other suspects who were both 17 at the time of the shooting, one of whom has since turned 18.

Investigators received judicial authorization to publicly release the identities of the two suspects, which would ordinarily be withheld under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

The two teenagers are believed to be in Toronto. Police are urging anyone with information about their whereabouts to share it with police.

With files from The Canadian Press.

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