Matthew Costain, 39, is the suspect in the New Year's Eve killings of his girlfriend and her father in Halifax. He was wanted by Toronto police for firearm offences in 2019.
The man believed to have fatally shot his girlfriend and her father on New Year's Eve in Halifax before killing himself was wanted by Toronto police in relation to a nightclub shooting in 2019. Halifax Regional Police confirmed Friday that Matthew Costain, 39, who is the sole suspect in the double homicide, is the same Matthew Costain with an outstanding arrest warrant in Ontario. The Toronto Police Service told CBC News Costain was wanted for 'several 2019 firearm offences in Toronto.
'Costain does not have a criminal record in Nova Scotia, but he has a lengthy one in Ontario, where he grew up, that dates back two decades. Matthew Costain was previously wanted in connection with a Toronto nightclub shooting in 2019. Toronto Police distributed this undated photo to media at the time. (Toronto Police) His first criminal charges as an adult were for armed robbery and firearms offences, for which he was sentenced to two years in prison. Following his release he faced some breach of probation charges. Then in 2012, at the age of 27, he was arrested in a police raid of a home in Toronto and remanded to custody while he awaited trial. In 2014, he was sentenced to five years and nine months for possession of firearms and cocaine, and for breaching an order to not own firearms. He was credited for already having served two years on reman
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