Police release footage of ‘choreographed’ shooting
No motive has been found in seemingly unprovoked death
Toronto police have released video that shows two men firing guns into a car in the shooting death of a Hamilton DJ last month.
While investigators have not found anything in Leonard Pinnock’s background to suggest a motive for his killing, homicide squad Det.-Sgt. Joyce Schertzer says the deadly attack appeared to have been “choreographed.”
“This is seemingly unprovoked,” Schertzer told a news conference Thursday.
Pinnock, 31, was sitting in his car in the Dufferin St. and Bowie Ave. area on the evening of April 22 when he was shot several times.
Security video released by police shows two gunmen run up to Pinnock’s parked car and immediately open fire.
Pinnock, who was dressed in red, was sitting in the driver’s seat after “simply giving a friend a ride to the area as a favour,” Schertzer said.
The windows of the car were not tinted, Schertzer said. She hopes the video will prompt someone in the killers’ circle to come forward.
“I’m hoping for names,” she said. “I’m hoping to cultivate people to come forward.”
Pinnock was the father of a young daughter. His DJ name was “Champ Juve,” but he also cut hair and worked as a courier.
Fellow DJ Andrel Jack said Pinnock loved being a father.
“He loved her,” Jack said. “He was always talking about her.”
Pinnock’s Instagram account included motivational quotes about working hard and supporting others.
“I could tell he was someone who really loved what he was doing,” Jack said. With files from Molly Hayes, Hamilton Spectator