London police say two men from Toronto are facing charges after an armed kidnapping on the weekend.
Police say they were called around 8:45 p.m. Sunday by a man who said a friend had been kidnapped at gunpoint from a residence near Richmond and Mill Streets. Officers were given a description of the suspects.
"Officers arrived, located and arrested the suspects attempting to flee from the building on foot with the victim," police said in a media release issued Tuesday. "A search of one of the suspects yielded a loaded firearm."
Abdelhafid Ould Amer, 19 and Jonathan William Longphee, 20, both of Toronto are each charged with kidnapping, resisting arrest, pointing a firearm, uttering threats/death of bodily harm, possession of a restricted or prohibited firearm without a licence, possession of a loaded/unloaded regulated firearm, and using of a firearm during the commission of an indictable offence
Amer is also charged with careless use of a firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition and occupying a motor vehicle with firearm.
Longphee is also charged with handling a firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition in a careless manner and failing to comply with release order.
"Investigators are asking anyone in the area with surveillance cameras, cellphone video, doorbell cameras and dashcam footage that may have captured the incident between 5:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on December 10, 2023, to contact London Police Service," police said.
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 online anonymously to London Middlesex Crime Stoppers.
