A 14-year-old boy is in custody with Toronto police, facing serious charges, including two counts of murder and seven counts of attempted murder.
These charges stem from a June 2 shooting in the parking lot of North Albion Collegiate Institute in northwest Toronto, Canada, which resulted in the deaths of two Jamaican men.
- Advertisement -
The violence erupted late at night as nine men, who had just played a football game, gathered in the parking lot. Among them were Delroy “George” Parkes, 61, and Seymour “Tappa” Gibbs, 46, both from St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. Gunfire broke the camaraderie, and Parkes died shortly after being taken to the hospital. Gibbs succumbed to his injuries three days later.
Toronto Police launched a thorough investigation into what they called a random shooting. A breakthrough came on June 3, after a separate incident involving a stolen vehicle in the same area. After a brief foot chase, police arrested the young driver of the stolen vehicle, identifying him as a suspect from the shooting.
The teenager appeared in court earlier this week, connected to these tragic events.
