Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Post Info TOPIC: UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!!!!


Foro Master

Status: Offline
Posts: 7612
Date:
RE: UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!!!!
Permalink   
 


no indication of an exchange of gunfire

__________________
*~* Umm, yeah, sure, if you say so! *~*


Foro Master

Status: Offline
Posts: 7612
Date:
Permalink   
 

Ok, as I'm trying to look for LG on CP24 as per Dogo's thread ... I come accross this


Suspect In Police Confrontation Was 15 Years Old
Tuesday June 20, 2006
The individual shot and killed in an early morning confrontation with police in Scarborough was a 15-year-old boy, the province's Special Investigations Unit has confirmed.

The SIU was called in following the incident, which occurred at about 5am near the Royal Town apartment building on Scarborough Golf Club Rd. just north of Lawrence Ave. East.


Two officers in a marked cruiser apparently pursued a white minivan behind the building and then became engaged in a dispute with the male driver. Five shots were fired according to the SIU's Rose Bliss, and three of them appear to have struck the teen.


There were no other people in the van, which ended up crushed against a tree, and there was no indication of an exchange of gunfire.


"Two Toronto officers who were in a marked cruiser followed a van down a driveway in an apartment complex at 3700 Lawrence Avenue East," Bliss confirms. "The officers exited the cruiser and they approached the van and became involved with a confrontation with a 15-year-old youth.  


"As a result, one officer discharged his firearm. Shots were fired, and the young man was struck. He has since died from his injuries, and we have been speaking with the family, and we have conducted a whole process of positive notification on the body."


 She confirms officials are thoroughly going over the van and its contents for more clues.


Residents of the apartment building recalled hearing commotion at about 5am.


"I heard the police come, heard the shots, ran to the balcony, and saw the guy die," said witness Ken Curran. "It's crazy. This place is getting really bad, Scarborough around here."


Area resident Karen Hohre was disturbed to hear of the deadly incident in the neighbourhood she's lived in for years.


"I'm kind of freaked out, you know," she said. "Early in the morning and this is ... I mean I've lived here forever. Born at Scarborough General. My kids go to both of those schools (nearby). Kind of scary this is happening. These are probably kids around the same age as the teenagers I have."


Authorities taped off Scarborough Golf Club Rd. from Lawrence Ave. to Tecumseh Public School one block north.


Schools in the area remained open but the children were kept inside for recess.


Forensic investigators from the SIU were on scene all day trying to piece together the events. Some scoured the area for clues while others canvassed the neighbourhood to find out if anyone saw anything. The badge and gun of the officer who allegedly fired the fatal shots have been taken into police custody.


One officer has been designated as a subject officer and another is a witness.


The civilian body is called in any time citizens are injured or killed in connection with police activity. 



__________________
*~* Umm, yeah, sure, if you say so! *~*
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.

Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse
Powered by ActiveBoard