Irshad Sabriye

1999 - 2019  (20 years)

• Name	Irshad Sabriye
  Born	1999
  Gender	Male
  Crime	2019	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	shot to death
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241034955
  Misfortune	2019	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	shot to death
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-215395
  Died	26 Nov 2019	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I215395	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

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  2 people charged in relation to shooting death of Irshad Sabriye in Kitchener Sabriye, 20, was found dead by officers on an Highway 7/8 on-ramp in November 2019 Two people have been charged in the shooting death of a man in Kitchener last November. Irshad Sabriye, 20, was found dead on an Highway 7/8 on-ramp just after 2 a.m. on Nov. 26, 2019. Police responded after hearing gunshots in the area of Courtland Avenue and Highway 7/8. Waterloo regional police say a post-mortem has determined Sabriye died of gunshot wounds. A 24-year-old man from Kitchener has been charged with manslaughter and arson, while a 20-year-old man from Kitchener has been charged with accessory after the fact and arson. "This investigation has been challenging," police Chief Bryan Larkin told a press conference Friday afternoon, saying there is a "culture of silence" around gun violence. He says witnesses are often unwilling to come forward and provide information, evidence or witness statements because of their own fear. He added Sabriye knew the people who have been charged and the shooting was likely linked to "street activity." Larkin says the investigation is still open and ongoing. Sabriye's family issued a statement after his death that they were "shocked and heartbroken that we have lost a son, a brother, and a friend." "It hurts us more to witness that Irshad was taken away from us with such violent and inhumane way," the statement said, urging anyone with information to come forward. Drug and firearm charges Last month, police canvassed the area of Vanier Drive as part of the investigation. As part of search warrants related to the investigation, police have charged a 20-year-old from Cambridge and a 21-year-old from Waterloo with firearm and drug offences. Arrest warrants were also issued for two other people, a 20-year-old from Kitchener and a 19-year-old from Kitchener, for other firearm and drug offences. 2 people charged in relation to shooting death of Irshad Sabriye in Kitchener | CBC News. (2020). Retrieved 4 September 2020, from https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/irshad-sabriye-homicide-update-wrps-1.5712472 ___________________ Kitchener man guilty of manslaughter in 2019 killing Bullet-riddled body was dumped beside Highway 7/8 on-ramp In November 2019, Irshad Sabriye's bullet-riddled body was found dumped on the side of Highway 7/8 in Kitchener. Nine months passed before anyone was charged. On Thursday, almost five years after the killing, a jury found Abdulla Haredo guilty of manslaughter and kidnapping. The 28-year-old Kitchener man will be sentenced on Sept. 4. No one was charged with murder. Sabriye, 20, of Kitchener was shot multiple times on Nov. 26, 2019. Many people called 911 shortly after 2 a.m., Crown prosecutor Cynthia Jennison told the jury in an opening statement. One caller said a car pulled over on the Highway 7/8 Courtland Avenue on-ramp. The driver exited and went to the back passenger side door. The caller then heard shots ring out. "Another caller reported that a vehicle made a U-turn and sped down the on-ramp toward Courtland Avenue into oncoming traffic, nearly hitting a pickup truck on the on-ramp," Jennison said. Police found Sabriye's body beside the on-ramp. He had blunt-force injuries to his head and had been shot six times, in the chest, stomach, legs and groin. Two hours later, police found Sabriye's Nissan Sentra three kilometres away in a parking lot on Connaught Street in Kitchener. The bullet-riddled car was engulfed in flames. The Crown's theory of the killing is Sabriye, who was facing criminal charges, tried to rob Haredo of his gun so he could commit robberies to pay for a defence lawyer. Sabriye got only the clip. Haredo asked another man for help in getting the clip back. The two men met Sabriye in the parking lot of Fairview Park mall. "A series of frantic events begin to unfold after 2 a.m.," Crown prosecutor Brendan Gould told the jury in a closing statement. Haredo and the other man entered Sabriye's Sentra. Haredo struck him three times in the head, likely with a gun, Gould said. With Sabriye incapacitated in the car and Haredo beside him, the other man drove the Sentra to Highway 7/8. The Crown's theory is Sabriye awoke and Haredo was unable to restrain him. That's when the other man shot Sabriye, Gould said. "The motive for all this is clear," Gould said. "Irshad tried to steal Abdulla's gun earlier that day. This was payback for what he had done." The man who allegedly fired the shots was never charged. Haredo was found guilty of manslaughter \emdash a homicide with no intent to kill \emdash suggesting Sabriye's death was a foreseeable consequence of a kidnapping. In 2020, when Haredo was charged with manslaughter, Bryan Larkin \emdash then chief of Waterloo Regional Police \emdash said the homicide investigation was challenging, because many people were unwilling to speak to police for fear of repercussions. "There is a culture of silence surrounding investigations into gun violence," Larkin said. Police charged Haredo, represented by defence lawyer Craig Zeeh, after searching residences on Vanier Drive \emdash close to where Sabriye's body was dumped \emdash and Albert Street in Waterloo. They seized two loaded handguns with ammunition, 14 grams of cocaine, 21 grams of fentanyl, prescription pills, digital scales, a drug press and $18,000. Police charged two men with drug trafficking. Sabriye was one of five children. The family, originally from Somalia, came to Canada from Kenya in 2006. Sabriye graduated from Eastwood Collegiate Institute in Kitchener and "was attempting to go back to school," his sister, Riyan, said in an interview soon after the killing. "We are shocked and heartbroken that we have lost a son, a brother and a friend," the family said in a statement in 2019. "We have lost a very special member in our family who had so much life ahead of him." With files from Liz Monteiro and Laura Booth Gordon Paul is a Waterloo Region-based court reporter for TheRecord. Email: gpaul@therecord.com. Paul, G. (2024) Kitchener man guilty of manslaughter in 2019 killing, The Record. Available at: https://www.therecord.com/news/crime/kitchener-man-guilty-of-manslaughter-in-2019-killing/article_7ba50b78-b27a-55bf-9f4e-a2ffd0b21712.html (Accessed: 22 June 2024).

  
  

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