3 d. ago Boy, 16, faces murder rap in shooting of JahVai Roy, two other teens sought

Ibrahim Ibrahim, 17, and Amaril Lindner, 18, are wanted for the murder of the boy killed in his bed by a stray bullet

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4 d. ago Third person charged with murder of Hamilton international student Harsimrat Randhawa

A third person has been charged with murder in the April shooting death of Hamilton international student Harsimrat Randhawa. The 21-year-old woman from India, who attended Mohawk College, was killed by a stray bullet April 17 while waiting at a bus stop at Upper James St. and South Bend Rd. Randhawa, an innocent bystander, was […]

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4 d. ago Hamilton police arrest 3rd suspect after bystander killed during gunfight

A third person has been arrested after a young, innocent bystander was struck and killed by a stray bullet during a gunfight in Hamilton, Ont., earlier this year.

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8 d. ago Teen wounded in shootout now charged with attempted murder: Toronto cops

Toronto police say a 17-year-old boy who was injured in a gunfire exchange in the city’s west end earlier this week now faces several charges in the case, including attempted murder. Police say officers responded to a shooting in the area of Keele Street and Donald Avenue just before noon on Wednesday. They say two […]

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1 week ago Gilgo Beach serial killer case a key test in use of advanced DNA techniques in criminal trials

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — When Maureen Brainard-Barnes’ skeletal remains were found hidden in the roadside scrub near Long Island’s Gilgo Beach in the winter of 2010, there was hardly any physical evidence that might help investigators find her killer, save for a single stray hair. But at the time, extracting DNA evidence from the degraded […]

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3 w. ago Community rallies against gun violence after Toronto boy killed by stray bullet

Cynthia Bell says her organization has launched a petition calling on all levels of government to make changes in the way they deal with gun violence.

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3 w. ago Toronto boy killed by stray bullet was ‘a really good little soul,’ mother says

JahVai Roy's mother says she will make sure everyone knows his name after the eight-year-old boy was shot and killed while in his bed in North York.

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3 w. ago Mother of Toronto boy killed by stray bullet urges vigil crowd not to forget him

The mother of an eight-year-old Toronto boy killed by a stray bullet while he was in bed told a community vigil Thursday that she hopes everyone remembers JahVai Roy’s name. “His love language was loud,” Holly Roy told the crowd gathered outside the family’s North York apartment building. “He wanted to touch me, rub his […]

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4 w. ago HUNTER: Dear Judges, ‘cruel and unusual’ is a young boy killed by stray bullet

Canadian judges love to toss out the old “cruel and unusual” chestnut when it suits their ideological whims. The violent illegal immigrant whose deportation is iced because it might be “cruel and unusual.” Mandatory minimum sentences for gun crimes? “Cruel and unusual.” A killer who ONLY murdered one person has to do the full 25? […]

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4 w. ago Police watchdog clears Toronto cops involved in fatal shooting of teen

Ontario’s police watchdog says it has found no reasonable grounds to believe two Toronto Police officers committed a crime in the fatal shooting of a teenage boy during a traffic stop. The Special Investigations Unit says a Toronto police officer stopped a car with six people inside on Sheppard Ave. the night of April 20 […]

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