Attempted murder suspect from Ontario arrested in Cross Lake

A southern Ontario man wanted on an attempted murder warrant for more than three years was arrested last month in Cross Lake in Manitoba’s north.

Peel Regional Police said Nakeem Jamar Johnson, 36, was picked up the RCMP in Cross Lake on Sept. 22. He’s been wanted by police since May 2023.

Peel police responded to a shooting in Brampton in February 2022 in which a man was shot and left with serious but not life-threatening wounds. Johnson was later identified as a suspect in that case.

Johnson was moved from Cross Lake to Winnipeg to Brampton, where he’s been held ahead of a bail hearing.