Emotional testimony at Dillon Whitehawk murder trial details victims's death
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The murder trial of Dillon Whitehawk continued on Wednesday with emotional testimony about the shooting of Keenan Toto in 2019.
Through tears, Lyle Goforth told the court that Toto was his "best friend, he was like my brother."
Goforth said that on the night of Nov. 30, 2019, he had been hanging out with friends and family at his home in the 3800 block of Dewdney Avenue in Regina.
Toto came over sometime around 2 a.m. or 3 a.m. CST on Dec. 1, Goforth said.
Goforth said Toto left to accompany a woman to a nearby convenience store. Goforth did not see Toto again.
It was only later that morning, when he returned home, that Goforth was informed about what had happened.
"Keenan's gone," he recalled being told.
Whitehawk, 27, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of the 23-year-old Toto and 27-year-old Jordan Denton.
Whitehawk pleaded not guilty to both charges on Monday.
Crown prosecutors told the jury in their opening statement that the two murders were driven by Whitehawk's desire to climb up the ranks of a local gang, the Indian Mafia (IM).
At the time of the killings, IM was "in a war of sorts" with another rival gang, the Native Syndicate Killers, the Crown said.
Whitehawk's goal was to kill people in rival gangs to improve his standing.
The Crown said Whitehawk had no idea who the people that he shot were, only that they may have been loosely affiliated with a gang because of the colour of clothing they wore.
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