Toronto man arrested for bringing gun inside Toronto Subway station

On Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 51 Division officers arrested a man in connection with a firearm investigation.

It is alleged that:

– on Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at 2 p.m., a man was inside the Dundas Street subway station at Dundas Street and Yonge Street,

– a TTC employee saw a gun tucked into the man’s pants,

– the TTC employee contacted police,

– 51 Division Community Response Unit officers, on bike patrol, responded and saw the man with five other men, standing in a parkette, near 9 McGill Street,

– the man then walked away from the other men,

– the man was seen by police throwing drugs away,

– the man was arrested and police found a loaded 25 calibre handgun and a quantity of crack cocaine and marijuana.

Jamal Garrison, 18, of Toronto, has been charged with:

1) Possession of a prohibited firearm with ammunition,
2) Possession of a prohibited weapon knowing its possession is unauthorized,
3) Unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon,
4) Possession Property obtained by Crime,
5) Carry Concealed Weapon,
6) Unauthorized possession of a firearm,
7) Fail to comply Recognizance,
8) Possession of Proceeds of Crime,
9) Possession for the Purpose Cocaine,
10) Possession of Marijuana,
11) Fail to Comply with Probation.

The man was scheduled to appear in court at College Park Courts, on Thursday, March 3, 2011, room 501, at 10 a.m.