A mass shooting between neighbours of a Vaughan condominium building in Ontario on Sunday evening left five people dead. According to media reports the gunman was embroiled in a legal dispute with the building’s board.
York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween identified them as Rita Camilleri, 57; her partner, Vittorio Panza, 79; Russell Manock, 75; his wife, Helen Lorraine Manock, 71; and Naveed Dada, 59.
A sixth victim, a 66-year-old woman, remains in hospital with serious injuries.
On Sunday, December 18, 2022, at approximately 7:20 p.m., police were called to a residential building located on Jane Street, north of Rutherford Road, for a report of an active male shooter who had shot several victims.
When police arrived, an interaction occurred between the officers and a male subject and the subject was shot. Francesco Villi, 73, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The Special Investigations Unit has invoked its mandate and is investigating this portion of the incident.
One of the victim Naveed Dada from Pakistan was a realtor. Toronto Real Estate Board in a statement said that the “realtor community is shocked and saddened by the tragic deaths of TRREB REALTOR Member Naveed Dada and retired Member Vittorio Panza. Vittorio, his partner and Naveed were victims in the Vaughan condo mass shooting on December 18, 2022.”
“As a member of TRREB’s Young Professionals Network (YPN) and a condo board member, Naveed played a meaningful role as a volunteer and was committed to the real estate profession. He tirelessly volunteered his time and served to not only help those realize their homeownership dreams, but gave back to the community in which he lived and worked,” according to the release.
Dada’s nephew, who flew from Orlando to Ontario to arrange the funeral, said his whole family has been devastated by what happened.
Dada lived alone in his unit on the 16th floor of the building, his nephew said. His family learned of the tragedy after police reached out to Dada’s friend in Pakistan, who informed relatives of what happened
“Everybody’s in a state of shock,” Tabraiz, 48, told The Canadian Press in an interview.
“He was a very social, outgoing person. He really enjoyed helping people. That was the reason he joined [the] board.”
Dozens of mourners gathered at a Mississauga, Ont., mosque to mourn Dada, many weeping as they prayed together before his casket.
