Shooting kills teen
A shooting in the city’s west end has resulted in Toronto’s 13th homicide of 2011.
At around 9 p.m. on March 2, police say they received a call for the sound of shots fired near 4020 Dundas St. West, just west of Scarlett Road.
Investigating officers found a man suffering from apparent gunshot wounds to the body. He was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died.
Police have since identified the deceased man as 19 year old Shane Williams, of Toronto.
This area is no stranger to violence. Though 2010 was a relatively calm year, 2009 saw three murders in the immediate area of last night’s shooting death.
Also on Dundas Street West — and just steps from where Williams was killed — Jarvis St. Remy, an 18 year old, was gunned down while waiting for a bus. Ten days later, 14 year old Adrian Johnston was shot multiple times in a field behind homes on Eileen Avenue, just one street north of Dundas.
Then in December of 2009, Antonia Zammit was killed by her son in her Toronto Community Housing apartment right at the Dundas and Scarlett intersection. That was just west of where Williams was found.
Police have no suspects and expect to issue a statement about the case later this afternoon.
Anyone with information regarding the murder of Shane Williams, or the still-unsolved murders of both St. Remy and Johnston, is asked to contact police at 416-808-7400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at [url]www.222tips.com[/url], or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637).