Bridle Path Home Invasion: Toronto Police Identify Suspect Daijohn Richards — Shot by His Own Accomplice, Then Released From Hospital

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On Saturday morning, Toronto police gave the public a name to go with the nightmare. Daijohn Richards, 23, of Toronto, is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant over the violent home invasion that left a Bridle Path family of four injured early Thursday, October 29. The twist was almost as shocking as the attack: investigators believe Richards was shot in the right shoulder by one of his own accomplices, then walked into a Toronto hospital for treatment and walked out again before police connected him to the crime.

Inspector Kristy Smith of the Toronto Police Hold-Up Squad did not soften her message at a Saturday news conference. “We know who you are. We are actively looking for you. Your world just got smaller,” she said, urging Richards to get a lawyer and turn himself in. Police consider all three suspects armed and dangerous and ask the public not to approach them.

A family asleep upstairs

According to Toronto police, the attack began at about 3:40 a.m. on Thursday in the Post Road and Hyde Park Circle area. Three masked men forced their way in through a rear entrance, carrying handguns and a hammer, and went straight upstairs, where the family was asleep. Once inside the bedrooms, police say, the intruders demanded valuables. What followed was a fight, and gunfire.

The victims were David Morton, 75, chief executive of Toronto-based real estate firm The MAC Group; his wife, Doriana Zohil-Morton, 64; and their adult daughters, Maggie and Cristina Zohil-Morton, aged 26 and 28. Morton and both daughters suffered gunshot wounds, and Morton and his wife were also struck with a hammer. Two victims initially suffered life-altering injuries, though Smith said Saturday that, “through the grace of God,” some family members have since been released.

On Friday, Morton released a family statement that stopped a lot of Torontonians cold. “What should have been the safety and security of our own home became a terrifying and life-threatening experience,” he said. The family has asked for privacy while they recover.

The hospital visit police are now explaining

The hospital timeline drew the most questions on Saturday. Police say Richards went to St. Joseph's Health Centre after the attack with a gunshot wound to his right shoulder. Staff notified police, as Ontario's mandatory gunshot-wound reporting rules require, and officers interacted with him while he was treated. But he was not arrested there, and he was discharged late Thursday morning, according to a timeline police later clarified to CP24.

Smith was blunt about why. “We don't just go off of suspicion,” she said: officers did not yet have reasonable grounds linking Richards to the attack. The connection came together only on Friday evening, through forensic work and canvassing in the community. By then, Richards was gone. Police also corrected their own timeline, telling CP24 that late Thursday morning, not early afternoon, was the correct discharge time.

That sequence will rightly be picked apart. Smith's answer, for now, is procedural rather than comforting: suspicion alone does not meet the legal bar for an arrest, and the forensic link arrived too late. These are police allegations, not a court finding.

What Richards is wanted for

The Canada-wide warrant lists four counts of discharging a firearm with intent to wound, four counts of robbery with a firearm, three counts of aggravated assault, plus break and enter, possessing a prohibited device, and disguise with intent, according to police accounts reported by CP24 and The Canadian Press. Police say Richards may favour one side of his body, a detail they hope the public will report rather than act on.

The two other suspects remain unidentified, and it is still not clear whether anything was taken from the home. Smith said Thursday that whether the intruders escaped with valuables was uncertain. They fled in a dark-coloured SUV, and investigators want dashcam or security footage from the Bridle Path area in the early hours of Thursday.

The wider pattern Toronto cannot ignore

This was not an isolated break-in. Toronto police say it was the 119th home invasion reported in the city so far in 2026, up 32.2 per cent on the same period in 2025. Whatever is driving this surge, it is reaching far beyond one street.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow urged anyone with information or video to contact investigators, saying, “Violence is not acceptable in our city.” Police Chief Myron Demkiw said Bridle Path residents should expect an increased police presence in the coming days.

For now, the case turns on one urgent question: where is Daijohn Richards? Police ask anyone who knows his whereabouts to call the Hold-Up Squad at 416-808-7350 or 33 Division at 416-808-3300, or to leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers. The two men police say stood beside Richards upstairs are still nameless.

CBC News reports on Toronto police naming Daijohn Richards as a suspect in the Bridle Path home invasion, including the account of his hospital visit after the attack.

Sources

Toronto Police Service via The Canadian Press / CP24, “Bridle Path home invasion: Suspect identified,” October 31, 2026; New York Post, “Toronto police identify suspect in MAC Group CEO mansion break-in,” October 31, 2026; Toronto Police Service statement via The MAC Group / David Morton family statement, October 30, 2026; CBC News video report, “Suspect identified in Bridle Path home invasion in Toronto,” October 31, 2026.