2 teens charged in fatal shooting of 16-year-old
Last Updated: Monday, November 22, 2010 | 8:45 PM ET
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Two teenage boys in Toronto have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old last week.
Tyrone Bracken of Toronto was shot last Wednesday near Bathurst Street and Highway 401. Police found Bracken lying in the west stairwell of 135 Neptune Drive, a community housing building, at about 4 p.m. He died at the scene
The boys charged, ages 16 and 17, cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Bracken's killing was Toronto's 53rd homicide of the year.
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