"Not me. No connection," Richmond Hill resident Alex Minassian angrily posted on Facebook, as media started to bombard him with messages after mistaking him for Alek Minassian — the alleged suspect arrested after a van rammed into pedestrians on Yonge Street in downtown Toronto. "NBC, ABC, CBC, stop harassing my friends and family."

Minassian said he'd been contacted by numerous media outlets, and had his name and information linked by a number of media outlets, after he was misidentified by media as the suspect. Toronto Police tried to clarify with a tweet: