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An 18-year-old Toronto man has been charged with shooting at the U.S. consulate in March, a court document says.
Toronto police arrested Sheldon Tracy-Stewart, of Toronto, on Thursday and charged him with 11 offences.
Tracy-Stewart is accused of discharging a firearm at the consulate at 360 University Ave. on March 10 and committing “a violent attack on the official premises of an internationally protected person, namely Consul General Baxter Hunt, that was likely to endanger his life or liberty,” the document said.
The other charges include: theft of a motor vehicle; possession of stolen property; escape from lawful custody; defacing or removing a serial number on a firearm; failure to appear; two counts of possession of an illegal firearm; and two counts of possession of a loaded illegal firearm.
No one was injured in the consulate shooting, but RCMP called it a “national security incident” at the time.
News of the arrest and charges comes after a Toronto police officer, Const. Marc Pinizzotto, 43, died after he was shot on Thursday while police were carrying out search warrants in connection with shootings in the city, including one at the U.S. Consulate in March.
Police have said Nicholas Bennett, 19, of Toronto, will be charged with first-degree murder of Pinizzotto. Bennett is currently in hospital in critical condition.
According to Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit, police were carrying out a search warrant in a fourth-floor apartment unit in a building on Martha Eaton Way, near Tretheway Drive and Black Creek Drive, when Pinizzotto was shot.
The court document shows Tracy-Stewart also lives on Martha Eaton Way but at a different address.
The incident at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto has been linked to a recent FBI terrorism arrest, according to a April 2026 U.S. Department of Justice criminal complaint.
Last month, the FBI arrested Iraqi-Irani Mohammad Al-Saadi, a senior member of a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, Kata’ib Hizballah, and the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to a DOJ news release, dated May 15.
He is allegedly tied to nearly 20 attacks throughout Europe and the U.S., as well as two attacks in Canada, according to the same news release. One of those attacks includes the consulate shooting this spring.
Asked about a connection between the consulate shooting and Al-Saadi’s arrest, Toronto police spokesperson Stephanie Sayer told CBC News: “That is not a connection we are making at this time. We also cannot comment on another law enforcement agency’s investigation.
“What I can say is that law enforcement agencies work very closely together on national security matters. That includes intelligence sharing, coordinated investigations, and ongoing collaboration with our domestic and international partners.”
