Killer of pregnant Candice Bobb will be charged in death of her baby: police

Toronto police sayanyone arrested in the deadly 2016 drive-by shooting of a pregnant Mississauga woman will also be charged with homicide in thedeathof her baby.

CandiceRochelle Bobb, five months pregnant,was killed while she was sitting in a stopped vehicle in Rexdale on May 15, 2016. Her baby, Kyrie, was delivered prematurely and died three weeks later.

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Bobbwas returning home from a basketball game when the car she was in was sprayed with bullets. Threeother people, in the car with her in the area of Jamestown Crescent and John Garland Boulevard, were unharmed.

Police say they are still seeking suspects to the killing.

Level of violence 'astronomically high'

"The level of violence here is astronomically high," Det. Sgt. Mike Carbonesaid on Tuesday morning during an appeal for information about the shooting.

Police previously said thevehicle was targeted, but thatBobbwas likely not the intended victim.

"For sure, Rochelle Bobb was not targeted," CarboneconfirmedTuesday.

He told reporters police cannot say with certainty nowif anyone else in the caror the car itself was targeted. The vehiclemade a U-turn in the area and Carbone said that it's possible that drew attention to the carand was perceived as a threat.

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Police have not yet ruled out gang violence as being connected to the shooting, the detective sergeant told reporters.

In fact, Carbone said that investigators are looking to see if there are any forensic links between evidence connected to Bobb's death and the shooting of a teenage boy at the same intersectionJamestown Crescent and John Garland Boulevard on Feb. 6.

"But we still have a lot of work to do with respect to conclusively linking those shootings together."

Bobb's baby died 3 weeks after C-section

Bobb'sbaby boy, Kyrie, was delivered by emergencyC-sectionat just 24 weeks but died three weeks later.

Carbonesaid the delay in confirming that any suspectswould also be charged with the homicide of Bobb's child was because this is a "very, very complicated part of the law."

The announcement Tuesday makes babyKyriethe74thhomicide victim of 2016, according to police figures.

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Back in 2016, the deadly shooting sparked widespread outrage, drawing attention to the Toronto's ongoing battle with gun violence.

Following Bobb'sdeath, Police Chief MarkSaunders said her killing "shocked the city."