Crime Beat: Most Wanted

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a brand new season and hunt for those who police say

are Canada's most dangerous suspects.

I'm Tracy Tong.

From a brazen double murder

in a busy shopping centre,

to daytime shootings in residential high-rises,

and homicides just steps from transit stations

and elementary schools.

These violent crimes have shattered families

and sparked fear in communities.

And those allegedly responsible

have not been brought to justice.

These most wanted suspects are out there.

Police are asking you to be on the lookout,

because your tips could come with a big payout.

In Toronto, under armed escort,

a new weapon in the hunt for Canada's most wanted is

secretly making its way to police headquarters.

Officers from across the country are here...

to tell these suspects they are coming for them.

You've evaded arrest so far,

but you can't look over your shoulder every minute of

every day, and the loyalty of your friends will be tested.

Today, we show you the money.

One million dollars in rewards.

I don't think many people will ever see

a million dollars, cash, in their lifetime.

We're making it real.

Cash for the taking,

if you call in a tip that leads

to an arrest of these most wanted.

Number five, Cristian Cuxum,

wanted for murder by Toronto Police Service.

Number four, Rabi Alkhalil,

a twice-convicted murderer wanted

for being unlawfully at large by the RCMP.

Number three, Cody Casey, wanted for drug and farms

offenses by Vancouver Police Department.

All Boivin, wanted by

la Sûreté du Québec for drug trafficking.

The new number one suspect

is Michael Bebee, wanted for the murder of

Shamar Powell-Flowers.

Our investigators have no doubt there are people out there

who know where Michael Bebee has been

since Shamar was killed.

But perhaps seeing the cash here

on this table will help.

It's a warm summer night in Toronto's Greektown.

Danforth Avenue is lined with patios, bars and restaurants,

and people are out for a good time.

At 3:30 in the morning, it's quiet, until...

We heard a loud... one gunshot.

We called 9-1-1 right away,

and we can hear shouting afterwards,

and we can hear somebody saying just breathe, just breathe.

It happens here, on a dimly lit side street.

A bullet strikes a young man in the chest.

He is rushed to hospital.

We begin tonight in Greektown, where a man is dead

after an overnight shooting.

I was the first investigator

on scene from our team.

It was the middle of the night, still, it was dark out.

By the time I had arrived there, there was a lot of

uniformed officers already there.

The scene had been controlled.

I went to St. Michael's Hospital at that point in time,

to see what was going on and get an update there.

There were a couple witnesses, some friends.

I had an opportunity to speak with them briefly

at the hospital, and by that point I had, you know,

come to learn that the victim in this case,

Mr. Shamar Powell-Flowers, had passed away from his injuries.

Believe me, I felt it.

When you're a mother, I felt it.

I knew something was wrong.

29-year-old Shamar Powell-Flowers was

a talented construction engineer.

The youngest of six siblings,

he lived with his mother in Toronto.

He didn't come home that night.

I started calling everybody,

because he doesn't sleep out.

And I was like, no, something's not right.

In the morning...

that dreadful morning when his best friend

knocked my door and said,

"Your brother's no longer here."

And my son said, "What the F do you mean my brother's..."

And he was... and I fell off the bed.

I still can't... have a limp, because I fell off the bed.

The call that I received was from my mother, screaming

at the top of her lungs that Shamar is not here.

Get to the hospital.

I see two officers coming down with one of the main doctors.

Even, even now,

even now, I struggle with,

with the understanding and the concept of the fact

that he's really not coming back.

Like, how, how?

As day breaks,

detectives search for answers.

Just steps away from an elementary school.

The investigation tells a story

from the beginning to the end.

How did those individuals get there?

What led them to get there? What happened there?

Police search for witnesses

and video evidence.

We had officers come out to the Danforth

and start canvassing and collecting as much video

as we possibly can, right?

So we want to get both, pre and post shooting.

And for example, here's a camera right here.

Typical restaurant on the Danforth.

You know, we grabbed their footage,

both pre and post shooting, to start to tell a little bit of

the narrative and the story.

It's painting a picture

of Shamar's final moments just south of this intersection.

The whole incident, in terms of our investigation, happened

from the Danforth to the laneway just up in front of us

here, contained within this little area, actually.

So the victim and his friends actually parked their vehicle

on Danforth Avenue, and then were on foot,

and then ended up in this location afterwards.

It happens in the shadows of the night.

And even as the sun rises, some truths

remain in the dark.

Were there video cameras in this spot,

that caught what happened?

No, unfortunately, we have great video from the Danforth,

and we have video that covers the laneway forward.

We just don't have video that actually covers

the incident, and can speak for itself.

How big would you say your blind spot is?

I'd say in total, we're looking

at about 30 to 40 meters maximum.

And that's where it all happened, in that lane?

Yeah, the whole interaction occurs

between this little pocket.

The interaction lasts less than three minutes.

Then, cameras pick up a vehicle

that appears to be fleeing the scene.

Police take weeks to track its path.

We tracked the vehicle east

along Danforth Avenue, over to an apartment

that was located near Main Street and Danforth Avenue.

Lucky for us, as part of our investigation,

a bus rolled up and came to a stop

behind the vehicle of interest to us.

They're all equipped with video cameras,

internally and external.

And we were able to identify a license plate

as part of this investigation.

But it's after the vehicle

pulls into this parking lot

that detectives get their biggest break.

We have footage of them going inside.

But more importantly, we got footage

from inside the elevators.

And those images were very good quality,

very clear images.

And they were very important to us

in terms of identifying the suspects.

We identified and arrested Mohamud Farah,

34 years old from Toronto.

He was charged with second-degree murder.

One suspect remains at large.

I am here today seeking the public's assistance

in locating our second identified suspect

in this investigation.

The individual here to my right on the screen

is identified as Michael Bebee.

The surname is B-E-B-E-E, 35 years old, from Toronto.

And he is now wanted on a Canada-wide warrant

for the charge of second-degree murder.

Shamar loved life.

He loved living.

He loved people.

He was so caring.

He was very, very, very, very loyal.

Very loyal, to the end.

Some claim to wear their heart on their sleeve.

Shamar Powell-Flowers did this literally,

with a tattoo of his mother's name.

He loved his big family fiercely,

and they loved him back.

Shamar was just a ... he was a little bit of all of us.

So he had a goofy side, he had a serious side.

Shamar was like my first baby.

Like the baby that taught me how to

pretty much become, you know, a mom.

Uh, it started initially with him relying

on me, and me just making sure I was always there for him.