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Toronto police have charged two men in connection with the Boxing Day shooting.
Andre Thompson, 20, who was on probation at the time of the alleged offences, faces several gun charges, as does a 17-year-old male who cannot be identified.The source said the men are both known to police.
Police are awaiting results of ballistics tests before deciding whether the two will be charged with more serious offences.
"Both known to police", i.e., they'd been involved in previous crimes, probably many times. Now get this:
Mr. Thompson, who remains in custody until his next court appearance, was released just before Christmas from Maplehurst prison near Milton, Ont.
He had served 30 days for his role in a convenience-store robbery.
Thirty days for a robbery? That's the problem right there. Judges in this country need to start giving violent criminals serious jail time. If Mr Thompson had received a sentence in keeping with the severity of his previous offence, he wouldn't have been on the street to shoot innocent bystanders on Boxing Day.
One also notes that the cruel irony that the Youth Criminal Justice Act prevents media from naming the arrested 17-year-old, but the name and photo of the teenage shooting victim can be displayed everywhere.
