Deadly Weekend: 15-Year-Old Boy One of Three Toronto Homicide Victims Over Long Weekend

The “targeted” shooting of a 15-year-old boy in a North York plaza parking lot was one of three homicides in Toronto over the Labour Day weekend, city police say. The three-day weekend included 11 shootings across 10 divisions of the Toronto Police Service, and ended with the death of Mario Giddings, a 15-year-old city resident, police said at a Sept. 3 press conference. Toronto police officers were called to a plaza on the corner of Black Creek Drive and Trethewey Drive just after 7:45 p.m. on Sept. 2, where officers found the young gunshot victim, according to a release from police. The plaza is located across the street from the 12 Division police station....