"The man charged with first-degree murder in a GO bus shooting near Yorkdale mall earlier this month was previously identified as a high-risk, high-needs offender with low reintegration potential, Parole Board of Canada documents obtained by CBC News reveal. Tyrel Gibson made his first court appearance in the Jan. 4 shooting two weeks ago six months after he finished serving time in federal prison on unrelated charges."
"Gibson served his entire eight-year, four-month sentence for six charges, including two counts of aggravated assault and discharge of a restricted/prohibited firearm with intent, according to his parole documents. He was also handed a lifetime weapons ban. The 40-year-old's parole documents provide a window into his life touching on both his Indigenous identity and difficult upbringing, as well as his struggles with drug use and his time in prison, where he refused rehabilitation and was often violent."
"Gibson was meant to serve the last part of his sentence on statutory release, which would allow him to be in the community, under supervision and specific conditions. Federal offenders who are serving a fixed prison sentence are required by law to get this option, according to Corrections Canada. Gibson broke the conditions of his statutory release more than once, his parole documents detail. In his most recent parole document, Corrections Canada recommended that his suspension on his statutory release should remain."
""[It] is clear that your behaviour while in the community was inappropriate, but there is not a determination that there has been a change in your behaviour or attitude which elevates your risk to reoffend," reads the parole board's 2025 decision. Nearly six months after he served his sentence, Gibson was charged with first-degree murder. Gibson was arrested on Jan. 4, according to a Toronto police news release."
Tyrel Gibson completed an eight-year, four-month federal sentence for multiple violent and firearms offences and received a lifetime weapons ban. Parole documents classify him as high-risk and high-needs with low reintegration potential and note Indigenous identity, difficult upbringing, drug struggles, refusal of rehabilitation and frequent violence in prison. He was eligible for statutory release and repeatedly broke its conditions. Corrections Canada recommended keeping his suspension, but the parole board cancelled the suspension and allowed him back into the community. Nearly six months after release, Gibson was arrested on Jan. 4 and charged with first-degree murder in a GO bus shooting.
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