newVictims named in parade-route shooting
CBC News
Posted: Aug 2, 2011 5:35 PM ET
Last Updated: Aug 2, 2011 5:35 PM ET
Toronto police cordon off the scene of a shooting outside Ontario Place on Saturday following the city's Caribbean Carnival parade. ((Ivy Cuervo/CBC))
Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has released the identity of the man killed in a shooting that injured two others and involved Toronto police officers along the Caribbean Carnival parade route last weekend.
Kevin Murray, 30, of Ajax, was fatally wounded "while interacting" with Toronto police officers following the carnival festivities near Ontario Place on Saturday, according to the SIU.
A second victim who survived the shooting that injured one other person, was named as Megan Martin, 21, of Pickering. Martin underwent surgery for a gunshot wound and is recovering in hospital.
The third victim was Amit Boodram, 18, of Scarborough. Boodram was considered an innocent bystander in the shooting, and was slightly injured when his eye was grazed by a stray bullet. He was released from hospital on Sunday.
The SIU, an arm's-length agency, is called in to investigate cases in which police are somehow involved in a death or serious injury.
Two officers are leading the investigating and have so far interviewed 21 witnesses to the fatal shooting. The SIU is requesting pictures, videos or audio-video recording that may have been captured in the area around the entrance route to Ontario Place when the shooting occurred around 7:15 p.m. Saturday.
People with tips can contact the unit at 416-622-1806 or 1-800-787-8529 extension 1806.
Share Tools
Latest Toronto News Headlines
- Brampton man charged in wife's slaying
- Peel Regional Police have charged a man with second-degree murder after his wife was found dead in a Brampton home Monday morning. more »
- Driver dies after vehicle struck by tire on Highway 400
- A male driver has died from injuries he sustained in an accident involving a flying tire on Highway 400 on Monday morning. more »
- Toronto could set heat record on Monday
- The heat and humidity are descending on Toronto, with Environment Canada issuing a special weather statement, advising people to take care as the temperature soars to near 33 C. more »
- Toronto archbishop opposes gay-straight alliance bill
- The Archbishop of Toronto spoke out against the Ontario government's plan to introduce anti-bullying legislation that would allow anti-homophobic clubs to be called 'gay-straight alliances.' more »
Top News Headlines
- B.C. police shooting video sparks calls for new probe
- Amateur video of the shooting of a mentally ill Vancouver man five years ago has prompted calls for B.C.'s police complaint commissioner and the Criminal Justice Branch to take another look at the case. more »
- 'Engine shutdown' forced Air Canada jet to land
- A Japan-bound Air Canada Boeing 777 jet had to make an emergency landing at Toronto's Pearson airport on Monday, after one of its engines failed. more »
- CP Rail union, Tories battle over collective bargaining
- The federal Conservatives defended their plan to force striking Canadian Pacific Railway employees back to work as a way to keep the economy on track, while the union representing 4,800 workers said their collective bargaining rights are under attack. more »
- Bullyproof: One classroom confession
- Chadia became physically scarred after incessant teasing. Her story is one of 150 gathered in a video confessional booth at a Quebec school. more »
- 'Engine shutdown' forced Air Canada jet to land
- Canadian Everest climber's body recovered
- Driver dies after vehicle struck by tire on Highway 400
- Brampton man charged in wife's slaying
- Toronto could set heat record on Monday
- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford 'not even dieting anymore'
- Man hits car driven by nun, has iPhone stolen
- Toronto archbishop opposes gay-straight alliance bill
- Truck dangles on overpass after 401 crash in Ajax
