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Toronto police say a 14-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in a shooting that left two men dead and others wounded in a high school parking lot on a weekend in early June.
Det. Sgt. Phillip Campbell says the teen is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder.
The shooting happened outside North Albion Collegiate Institute on the evening of June 2, when nine men gathered in the parking lot after a soccer game.
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A pickup truck arrived, two suspects got out and began shooting at the men in the parking lot before fleeing in the truck, police said.
Officers found five people with gunshot wounds and four others who were not injured.
Toronto police say one person died after being taken to hospital while another died of his injuries a few days later. Delroy (George) Parkes, 61, of Woodstock was one of the men who died.
Campbell says the suspect was initially arrested in relation to an allegedly stolen vehicle.
Crash that injured driver, killed dog leads to impaired charge
One driver was injured and a dog died in a crash near Aylmer that resulted in an impaired driving charge against a second driver.
Two vehicles were involved in a “T-bone” collision on Talbot Line near Walker Road in the Township of Malahide, about six kilometres east of Aylmer, about 8:20 a.m. Saturday, Elgin OPP said.
One driver was freed from a vehicle by Malahide firefighters and taken to hospital for treatment of injuries not considered life-threatening, police said. The driver was the only person in the vehicle.
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The driver of the second vehicle was not injured, but a dog in the vehicle was killed, police said.
Police administered a roadside impairment test on the uninjured driver, who registered a failure, police said. The driver refused to provide a breath sample in custody.
A 27-year-old Aylmer man was charged with impaired driving and failing to comply with police demand, police said.
Pride flag damaged at Norwich home
Oxford OPP are asking for help identifying a person who damaged a Pride flag at a home in Norwich.
A person approached a home on Stover Street at about 1:15 a.m. on Saturday and partly ripped down the Pride flag, Oxford OPP said.
The person was wearing a light-coloured shirt and dark pants and was last seen travelling northeast across Stover Street.
Anyone with information about the incident or video surveillance is asked to contact Oxford OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
Council for Norwich Township, a community of about 11,000 south of Woodstock, voted last year to ban the flying of any flags other than government flags or sports team banners, on any municipal property, a move critics saw as a way to ban Pride flags in the community, where a large Christian church plays an influential role. Politicians overturned the ban in January.
The OPP issued a warning ahead of pride month in June, advising would-be vandals police won’t tolerate theft or damage of LGBTQ support symbols, including flags, and those engaged in unlawful activities may face criminal or hate-motivated crime charges.
– with files from the Canadian Press
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