Murder case against Toronto rapper Top5 ends with charges stayed
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The murder case against Top5 ended Monday after the prosecution stayed the charges against the underground Toronto rapper.
The murder case against Top5 ended Monday after the prosecution stayed the charges against the underground Toronto rapper.
Top5, whose name is Hassan Ali, was arrested and charged in October 2021 with first-degree murder and three counts of failing to comply with recognizance in the death of 20-year-old Hashim Omar Hashi.
At 8:56 p.m. on Jan. 31, 2021, Hashi was attempting to drive his car into the underground parking garage of a building near Jane Street and Falstaff Avenue when he was shot at multiple times, Toronto police said.
The vehicle rolled into the closed parking garage doors. Hashi was found unresponsive in the driver’s seat and was pronounced dead at the scene.
At the time, police said Hashi was studying accounting and worked part-time at the airport.
“He had a promising future and he was a very well-respected young man,” police said.
Police added at the time, they weren’t sure why Hashi was killed and that they were looking into the possibility it may have been a case of mistaken identity, or something they had not yet uncovered that could provide insight into a possible motive.
In October that year, Ali was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department in California on a provisional American arrest warrant. Ali was returned to Toronto from Los Angeles on Feb. 17.
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