Fader Murder Linked to Wedding's Drug Empire

0:00Two years after a suspected drug trafficker got gunned down in Niagara Falls Ontario, cops are still cracking open the victim's iPhone and hunting at. Least one more suspect. Randy Fader, a 29-year-old dad of two, was shot in his driveway on April 1, 2024 by a hitman who jumped out of a white. Audi SUV. U.S. prosecutors tie the hit to Ryan Wedding's massive drug ring, run by the ex-Canadian Olympic snowboarder with his top guy, Andrew Clark allegedly. Calling the shots. The shooter, 24-year-old Malik Damien Cunningham, got nabbed in Ontario but now faces murder charges in California. Clark supposedly greenlit the job from afar, promising Cunningham $100,000 plus expenses through encrypted chats. This fits into Wedding's operation, which allegedly shipped 60 tons of cocaine yearly across North America using Los Angeles as a hub. Fader was on Canadian law enforcement's radar for international drug trafficking, but why he ended up targeted stays unclear.

1:03His death highlights the violent web of Wedding's crew, linked to unsolved hits like a mistaken identity shooting of an innocent Indian couple North. Of Toronto and a witness kill in Columbia. Clark flipped as an FBI informant last year, helping take down the boss. A fresh police affidavit from Niagara Detective James Prinson, unsealed recently, spells out these ties and notes other probes connected to faders. Murder due to the group's wide reach. Cops suspect the gun and SUV link to more crimes, but faders lock phone holds key leads they can't access yet. Cunningham's fighting extradition from custody in Canada. Investigators keep piecing it together. Watching how this threat unravels Wedding's empire and brings justice closer for families caught in the crossfire. Local news, powered by AI. This is Canada News Today.