Gunmen shoot mourner dead: Victim was attending the funeral of his murdered friend Toronto Edition

The noon-hour shooting, which stunned even police officers, triggered chaos at what had been a sombre goodbye for Jamal Hemmings, a 17-year-old who was gunned down last week in a Toronto parking lot. Police say yesterday's victim, who was with Mr. Hemmings when he died on Nov. 9, was standing n...

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Published inNational post (Toronto)
Main Author Michael Friscolanti and James Cowan
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Don Mills, Ont Postmedia Network Inc 19.11.2005
Subjects
Automobiles
Blair, Bill
Crime scenes
Criminal investigations
Funerals
Gangs
Murders & murder attempts
Shootings
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Summary:The noon-hour shooting, which stunned even police officers, triggered chaos at what had been a sombre goodbye for Jamal Hemmings, a 17-year-old who was gunned down last week in a Toronto parking lot. Police say yesterday's victim, who was with Mr. Hemmings when he died on Nov. 9, was standing near the back door of the Toronto West Seventh-Day Adventist Church smoking a cigarette when he was ambushed by three gun-wielding men and shot several times. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but died of a bullet wound to the neck. Colour Photo: Peter Redman, National Post / A woman is consoled outside the Toronto West Seventh-Day Adventist Church yesterday after gunmen opened fire on a mourner standing outside the church. The victim died in hospital of a bullet wound to the neck.
ISSN:1486-8008