14-year-old boy facing 2 counts of first-degree murder in connection with Toronto shooting investigation
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A 14-year-old boy has been charged in connection with a “mass shooting” outside a school in Toronto earlier this month that took the lives of two men and wounded three others, police say.
A 14-year-old boy has been charged in connection with a “mass shooting” outside a school in Etobicoke earlier this month that took the lives of two men and wounded three others, police say.
The shooting happened at around 11 p.m. on June 2 as a group of men gathered following a soccer game at North Albion Collegiate Institute, near Finch Avenue West and Kipling Avenue.
Police say that at least two suspects got out of a vehicle and began shooting “indiscriminately,” striking five men.
Delroy “George” Parkes, 61, of Maple, died a short time later, while 46-year-old Toronto resident Seymour Gibbs succumbed to his injuries on June 5.
Det. Sgt. Philip Campbell noted that of the three other men who were struck by gunfire, one of them is in “very serious condition” and has injuries that he’s “going to be dealing with probably for the rest of his life.”
The mental injuries sustained by the victims are also deep, he added.
“A lot of people are just devastated, completely devastated. … It’s a very difficult thing for families to go through,” Campbell said.
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