Court documents link Olympian's alleged drug trafficking to Ont. murder

TORONTO – New details are emerging linking a suspected transnational drug trafficking ring to an April murder in Ontario allegedly run by a wanted Olympian.

An affidavit filed by a Toronto police officer assigned to the fugitive squad says evidence collected from the cellphone of a suspected ring member shows how the group orchestrated the man’s death.

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The documents preserved by a Toronto court allege that Andrew Clark, the ring’s second-in-command, hired Malik Damion Cunningham to kill a list of targets, including one known in the lawsuits as RF.

According to the documents, the pair talked on the encrypted messaging service Threema before RF was shot and killed outside his home in Niagara Falls on April 1.

Last week, Niagara Regional Police said the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation had arrested several people in connection with the April 1 murder of 29-year-old Randy Fader.

Clark, Cunningham and former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan James Wedding were named in a California indictment against 16 suspects who allegedly transported large shipments of cocaine across North America and orchestrated several murders.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 26, 2024.

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