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Montreal police arrested Canada’s most wanted fugitive overnight Wednesday, 24-year-old Bryan Fuentes Gramajo, who was wanted in connection with a deadly shooting in Toronto last July.
Fuentes Gramajo was set to appear in court Thursday in Montreal charged with first-degree murder. He will then be sent to Toronto where he’s scheduled to appear in court March 10.
Fuentes Gramajo had been wanted on a Canada-wide warrant in connection with the shooting death of 28-year-old Kashif Jamal Bentley-Jean in the parking lot of the Yorkdale Shopping Centre.
Mélanie Dupont, the head of the Montreal police major crimes unit, said Fuentes Gramajo was arrested without incident at 2:40 a.m. in the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough.
“He was arrested with the SWAT team because he was considered dangerous,” Dupont said.
In October 2025, Fuentes Gramajo was named Canada’s most-wanted fugitive by the Bolo Program, which alerts the public about dangerous criminals.
At a news conference last fall, Toronto police Supt. Joe Matthews said investigators believed Fuentes Gramajo was a member of the Montreal-based gang Zone 43.
“You don’t make it to number one for stealing a car. You’re at the top of this list because we believe you pose a serious threat to any person in any place where you may be. Bryan Fuentes Gramaho fits that bill,” Matthews said at the time.
Another suspect in the shooting, 20-year-old Bradley Lucate-Nicolas, was arrested in Laval, Que., last August and charged with first-degree murder.
Toronto police are still looking for a third suspect, 28-year-old Jimmy Prudent of Montreal.
