Another suspect has been charged in the 2012 death of Jonathan Zak.
London police announced Wednesday that Thomas Lako, 25, has been been charged with manslaughter. Police say he is currently in custody on another matter.
The announcement comes just a few weeks after police announced that William Dwayne McDonald, 26, had been charged with second degree murder in Zak's death.
Lako and McDonald are also being charged with robbery.
Zak was shot dead as he walked home from a friend’s house in the early morning hours of May 31, 2012.
The 29-year-old had spent the evening with friends and was walking on a footpath near Boullee St. and Victoria St. when he was shot.
McDonald has been in custody since February of last year. He was arrested and charged with second degree murder in the death of Emmanuel Awai, 26, who was found dead in an apartment at 135 Connaught Ave. on December 28, 2016. He also faces charges stemming from a shooting in a parking lot in the area of John St. and Richmond St. on April 29, 2016. A man was critically injured in the incident but survived. Police issued an arrest warrant for McDonald and a second man, Samater Ali, in the days that followed.
And while the murders of Zak and Awai are not connected, apart from McDonald’s alleged role in each, police say the investigation into Awai’s murder provided information that helped solve Zak’s murder.
Anyone with information in relation to this incident is asked to call the London Police Service at (519) 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Information can also be sent in on-line anonymously to www.londoncrimestoppers.com.
