Man Charged in Toronto Subway Stabbing Wanted in Newfoundland, Docs Suggest

A memorial for 16-year-old Gabriel Magalhaes, victim of a random stranger attack, is shown at the Keele Street subway station in Toronto, on March 27, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sharif Hassan

The man accused in the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old at a Toronto subway station was wanted on an outstanding warrant in Newfoundland and had several criminal convictions in that province as well as Ontario, court documents indicate.

Toronto police have said they arrested Jordan O‘Brien-Tobin, 22, on Saturday and charged him with first-degree murder in the subway stabbing. Police said O’Brien-Tobin had no fixed address.