Toronto rapper Top5 charged with accessory after the fact to murder

A controversial and well-known figure in Toronto's underground hip hop scene has been charged with accessory after the fact to murder in connection with the January shooting death of Hashim Omar Hashi , a senior police source confirms. Hassan Ali, who records music as rapper Top5, was arrested over the weekend in Windsor with several other young men, the source said. They were transported back to Toronto and remained in custody Sunday night. On Jan. 31 just before 9 p.m., Hashi, 20, was fatally shot attempting to drive his car into the garage of his apartment building in the Jane Street and Falstaff Avenue area. The suspect car was later located engulfed in flames at Earl Bales Park. Hashi was a promising accounting student who wasn't involved in any criminal activities, Toronto police said. "Mr. Hashi was not involved in any gang activity, nor was he involved in any gang affiliation," homicide Det-Sgt. Ted Lioumanis said. "He had a promising future and he was a very well respected young man." Police were investigating whether his slaying was a case of mistaken identity or if Hashi was targeted just because he lived in the neighbourhood. Last September, Ali, 23, was arrested… Read full this story

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