Albert Kiwubeyi, a 24-year-old man from Toronto, was shot and killed during the early morning hours of October 25, 2010, in the Regent Park area. At approximately 3:03 a.m., Toronto police were dispatched after gunfire was reported around Sackville Green and Shuter Street, near Parliament Street. Officers arriving at the scene discovered Kiwubeyi lying on the sidewalk on the north side of Shuter Street, suffering from gunshot wounds.
Emergency personnel attempted life-saving measures, but he could not be revived and was pronounced dead at the scene. A post-mortem examination conducted the following day determined that he had died from a gunshot wound to the chest.
Accounts of the investigation indicated that Kiwubeyi had been shot at close range near the intersection of Sackville and Shuter. Witness information gave investigators their principal lead: a man wearing a red-and-white sweatshirt was seen running south from the area immediately after the shooting. Police publicly described that unidentified man as a suspect, but no name was released and contemporary reports did not identify a motive for the killing.
Kiwubeyi had longstanding connections to the Regent Park community. He had been involved with the Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs as both a member and staff member, and material concerning the neighborhood indicated that he was attending school and working for the Kiwanis organization around the time of his death. His family had previously lived in Regent Park before being relocated during the neighborhood's redevelopment. Several years before his death, Kiwubeyi had also been recognized as the recipient of a Future Shop Scholarship through the Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs.
His killing became Toronto's 51st homicide of 2010. Despite the early witness description of the man fleeing the scene, no publicly available information identifies an arrested or charged suspect, and no trial or conviction has been reported. The Toronto Police Service continues to maintain Kiwubeyi's homicide on its public case page and asks anyone with information about the shooting to contact homicide investigators, indicating that investigators are still seeking information that could resolve the case.
Kiwubeyi's connection to local youth programs continued to be remembered after his death. BGC Toronto Kiwanis later established the Albert Kiwubeyi Memorial Bursary in his honor, an annual award recognizing a young person who demonstrates commitment to education, personal improvement, leadership, and community involvement. His death therefore left an impact beyond the unresolved investigation, particularly among the Regent Park organizations and young people with whom he had worked.
