New details surface about family members killed in shooting in Toronto's Regent Park
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New details are coming to light about the family at the centre of a daylight shooting in Regent Park on Tuesday afternoon.
New details are coming to light about the family at the centre of a daylight shooting in Regent Park on Tuesday afternoon.
The incident happened near Dundas and Parliament streets at around 1:30 p.m., leaving two men dead and a female with non-life threatening injuries.
Court records have since identified the victims as Ngoyi Kongolo and Didier Kongolo.
A source tells CP24 that the deceased are the father and brother of the alleged shooter.
They also said that a woman who was shot and injured in the incident is the accused’s mother.
The victims in yesterday's triple shooting are all from the same Congolese-Canadian family.
Late Wednesday morning, Toronto police announced that 23-year-old Benedict Johnson Kongolo, of Toronto, is facing two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the homicides. He has been remanded into custody and is set to appear again in court on March 20.
