Fugitive wanted in 2024 Winnipeg abduction, killing arrested in B.C., police say | CBC News
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The last of three men wanted in a 2024 abduction and homicide of an Ontario man in Winnipeg has been arrested in British Columbia, police say.
Chad Jason Dandan, 25, is charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and extortion in the Sept. 10, 2024, homicide of 22-year-old Zeyad Shammo, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a Friday news release.
Dandan, who had a Canada-wide warrant out for his arrest, was taken into custody in Surrey on March 26, with help from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia and the BOLO Program, police said. He was turned over to major crimes unit investigators and flown back to Winnipeg, where he’s in custody.
Police previously said they responded to a location on Bridge Lake Drive in south Winnipeg on the evening of Sept. 10, 2024, after getting a report of a missing man who had been abducted a day earlier. Days later, investigators found Shammo’s body in a home in the area of Bristol Avenue in the city’s St. Boniface area.
Two suspects known to Shammo were arrested at the time and charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and extortion. Sonny Balemba and Robert James Chaykowski, who were both 26 at the time, were detained in custody. Chaykowski was also charged with failing to comply with a release order, police said.