I might expect such a horrendous crime would occur on the streets of Baltimore, Philly or Washington DC, but downtown Toronto Canada?
8 teen girls charged after man swarmed, fatally stabbed downtown
Eight teenaged girls have been charged with second-degree murder after the swarming and stabbing death of a man downtown early Sunday morning.
torontosun.com
Eight teenaged girls have been charged with second-degree murder after the swarming and stabbing death of a man downtown early Sunday morning.
Police were called at 12:17 a.m. for an assault in the York St. and University Ave. area where a 59-year-old man had allegedly been stabbed by three 13-year-old girls, three 14-year-old girls and two 16-year-old girls.
The man, who lived in a nearby shelter, died in hospital and hasn’t been identified pending notification of next of kin.
The group of girls were arrested shortly after.
“We quickly located them and arrested them,” said Toronto Police Det.-Sgt. Terry Browne, who wouldn’t call the girls gang members as they are from different parts of the city and met online.
Brown said several weapons were secured, but he would say what they were.
Three of the girls had prior contacts with police.
All eight have been remanded in custody.
HUNTER: Cops say alleged teen-girl killers swarmed victim 'like animals'
But cops say the eight teenage girls — aged 13 to 16 — were not in a live-and-let-live kind of mood. No, they were the face of the new Toronto.
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