Bengaluru: A 26-year-old woman of Indian origin was shot dead in Toronto Friday morning. A 37-year-old Indian-origin man from Brampton has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the case. The police are calling it a targeted attack
The Toronto Police Service said officers responded to a shooting call around 7:23 am on 24 July. The victim, later identified as Navneet Kaur, was found with a gunshot wound. Life-saving measures were attempted, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said Kaur and the suspect had a “brief interaction” before the shooting. The suspect fled before officers arrived, but he was tracked down and arrested. He has been identified as Sharnjeet Singh, and charged with first-degree murder and failing to comply with an undertaking. He appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice on 25 July.
Court records show Singh had been released on bail on 18 July, six days before the shooting.
Duty Inspector Scott Bradbury told reporters the shooting was believed to be targeted, with “no extra risk to the neighbours.” A witness told CBC News they saw a man following Kaur and saying something to her shortly before the shooting. Police have not disclosed a motive. The case marks Toronto’s 22nd homicide of 2026.
Second such case this year
Kaur’s killing is the second time this year that an Indian-origin man in the Greater Toronto Area has been charged with murdering an Indian-origin woman.
In May, Davinder Kaur, 43, was fatally stabbed at Sparrow Park in Brampton. Peel Regional Police charged Nav Nishan Singh, 44, with first-degree murder. Police said the two knew each other, though the exact nature of their relationship — and the motive for the attack — was not disclosed. Singh was arrested a short distance from the crime scene.
Together, the two cases point to a pattern within the GTA’s Indian diaspora community, though police have drawn no formal connection between them, and each is being treated as a separate, unrelated investigation.