Under Canadian law, police can release mugshots when someone is charged with or convicted of serious criminal offences.

London police have released mugshots of several suspects charged in recent shooting investigations in a bid to generate tips from the public, the city’s police chief says.

Investigators first took the rare step in July by publishing mugshots of two men charged with firing shots at a Dundas Street pot shop on Nov. 24, 2024.

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Police typically don’t release photographs of individuals charged in crimes except in cases where they’re charged by warrant or when investigators believe there could be additional victims.

Since releasing the mugshots of the pair charged in the pot shop shooting – Joshua Kalombo, 20, of Brampton, and Amare Walters-Lyte, 18, of T

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