Daijohn Richards

Introduction

Daijohn Richards — a 23-year-old Toronto man — was publicly identified by the Toronto Police Service on October 31, 2026, as one of three suspects in the violent armed home invasion that left real-estate CEO David Morton, his wife and their two daughters shot and beaten inside their Bridle Path mansion two days earlier. Richards is wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant on fourteen charges including four counts of discharge firearm with intent to wound and four counts of robbery with a firearm, and he remains at large after police say he walked into a Toronto hospital with a gunshot wound — accidentally inflicted by one of his own accomplices — and was discharged before investigators could link him to the scene.

Background Information

The victims are David Morton, 75, chief executive of Toronto-based real estate services firm The MAC Group; his wife, Doriana Zohil-Morton, 64; and his two adult daughters, Maggie and Cristina, aged 28 and 26, who were together inside Morton’s six-bedroom, $2.1 million home on Hyde Park Circle in the Bridle Path, one of Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods, near Bayview and Lawrence avenues. Police describe the intruders as three men around 20 years old in dark clothing and face masks, armed with handguns and a hammer, who fled before officers arrived in a dark-coloured SUV; no further description of the two still-unidentified suspects has been released.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Wanted on charges; not in custody. Richards faces a Canada-wide warrant on four counts of discharge firearm with intent to wound, four counts of robbery with a firearm, three counts of aggravated assault, break and enter commit/dwelling-house, possess prohibited device and disguise with intent. He has not been arrested, and no conviction, plea or trial date exists — the charges are accusations, and Richards has made no public statement.

The invasion unfolded at approximately 3:40 a.m. on Thursday, October 29, 2026, when police were called for a shooting in the Post Road and Hyde Park Circle area. Per the Toronto Police Service, three suspects armed with firearms and a hammer forced entry, went to the second floor, demanded personal valuables, and got into an altercation with the occupants during which multiple firearms were discharged. Three victims — the 75-year-old man, a 26-year-old woman and a 28-year-old woman — sustained gunshot wounds, and the man as well as a fourth victim, the 64-year-old woman, were struck with a hammer; the Toronto Sun reported two of the hammer blows landed on victims’ heads. All four occupants were taken to hospital, and the suspects fled in the dark-coloured SUV before police arrived.

Richards’s identification came through his own wound. Investigators believe he was accidentally shot in the right shoulder by one of the other suspects during the struggle inside the home, and shortly afterward he turned up at St. Joseph’s Health Centre seeking treatment — a visit hospital staff reported to police under Ontario’s mandatory gunshot-wound reporting protocol. Officers interacted with him at the hospital that Thursday but lacked the evidence to arrest him, Insp. Kristy Smith of the Hold-Up Squad explained Saturday: “When someone walks into a hospital there’s a lot of things that need to happen in the period of time for when we become aware of them, to us forming the reasonable grounds that we need to make an arrest and link that person to the crime of this home invasion.” Richards was discharged early Friday afternoon and remained at large; only later that evening did investigators make the connection, with Smith saying, “We need to make sure we ironclad a conviction and don’t just go off of suspicion.” He was publicly identified at a Saturday morning news conference alongside the release of his booking photo.

Public Reaction and Consequences

Smith delivered her message directly to the wanted man: “We know who you are, and we’re actively looking for you. Your world just got smaller,” she said, urging him, “I strongly urge you to get a lawyer, contact a lawyer, and turn yourself in,” and warning that “all three suspects are considered armed and dangerous” and should not be approached. She told reporters Richards may visibly favour his injured right shoulder. Chief Myron Demkiw vowed his officers would be “relentless” in hunting the suspects, and Smith described an “appalling level of violence, all for the purpose of acquiring property” against “a family asleep in their own home.” Morton, in a statement to the NY Post, said: “It is difficult to put into words the trauma of experiencing something so horrific in the one place where everyone should feel safest: their own home. No family should ever have to experience this.” Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow urged anyone with information or footage to come forward, insisting “violence is not acceptable in our city.”

Current Status

Richards remains at large nearly three days after the attack, wanted on the Canada-wide warrant, considered armed and dangerous, and possibly showing signs of a shoulder injury. Two victims suffered what Smith called “life-altering injuries” and remained hospitalized days after the invasion, while others were treated for non-life-threatening wounds. Police say there is nothing to suggest the home was targeted beyond its location in the affluent Bridle Path, with the motive believed to be profiting from crime in an area “where there are things that are sought after.” The two other suspects have not been identified, and investigators have asked anyone with information to contact the Hold-Up Squad at 416-808-7350 or 33 Division at 416-808-3300.

Impact on Their Career/Life

For Richards, the Canada-wide warrant makes him one of the country’s most sought fugitives while an untreated-accommodating option — the hospital route he already used once — is now closed to him, since his face, name, age and probable injury posture have been published nationwide. For Toronto, the case has renewed alarm about armed home invasions reaching even the city’s most protected streets, with Morton’s own statement voicing concern about “the increasing violence associated with home invasions and the safety of families throughout Toronto,” and a family of four still recovering — two members from life-altering injuries — while the men who shot them remain free.

Sources

Toronto Police Service news release 67255, “Three Suspects Sought in Home Invasion Investigation… UPDATE: One Suspect Identified, Image Released,” Oct 31, 2026 — source
NY Post, “Toronto police identify suspect in MAC Group CEO mansion break-in,” Oct 31, 2026 — source
CityNews Toronto, “Police identify suspect in violent Bridle Path home invasion,” Oct 31, 2026 — source
CP24, “Toronto police identify suspect in violent Bridle Path home invasion, say he was also shot,” Oct 31, 2026 — source
CBC News, “Suspect identified in Toronto home invasion where residents were shot, attacked with hammer,” Oct 31, 2026 — source
Toronto Sun, “Hunt on for Bridle Path home invasion suspect allegedly shot by accomplice,” Oct 31, 2026 — source
@nypost trigger tweet, Nov 1, 2026 — source