A 14-year-old boy has been charged in connection with a “mass shooting” that took the lives of two men and wounded three others in Rexdale earlier this month, police say.
The shooting took place at around 11 p.m. on June 2 while a group of men gathered outside North Albion Collegiate Institute following a soccer game.
At a press conference on Monday, police said that it appears as though at least two suspects shot “indiscriminately” at the men.
“They (the victims) were playing games and enjoying each other’s company. There was no known connection between the men and the suspects,” Det. Sgt. Phillip Campbell told reporters.
Police say that the teen was taken into custody following a stolen vehicle investigation a few hours later.
He is now charged with two counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder. The additional charges relate to four other people who police say were in the parking lot at the time but were not struck by gunfire.
Toronto police previously said two men in a newer-model, dark-coloured pick-up truck pulled into the parking lot of the high school and fired upwards of 50 shots before fleeing the scene.
Five men sustained gunshot wounds, according to witnesses. Relatives have previously said that the men were members of a soccer team that plays at the school on a regular basis.
Two of the men were later pronounced dead. Toronto police have identified them as 61-year-old Delroy “George” Parkes, of Maple, and 46-year-old Toronto resident Seymour Gibbs.
Police continue to look for at least one additional suspect.
More details to come.