A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for two pc28teens after a late night shooting left two young men dead in Riverdale last month.
In issued Thursday, police said 17-year-old Jayllen Maxime-Marcelle and 18-year-old Abdulrahman Zein are each wanted on two counts of first-degree murder. Investigators said they have obtained judicial authorization to identify the youth suspect.
The April 15 shooting took the lives of Jeremy McNeil, 20, and Quentin Caza, 18. Witnesses said the pair were sitting in a vehicle parked on Bain Avenue when two masked suspects ran across the street and fired off multiple shots. The suspects fled on foot, towards Withrow Park.
McNeil managed to get out of the car, witnesses said. Bystanders rushed to help him until an ambulance arrived. He was taken to hospital, but did not survive the night. Caza died at the scene.
Jeremy McNeil (left) and Quentin Caza, the two young men shot and killed in Riverdale on April 15.
pc28Police ServicesThere’s already been one arrest in connection with the killings. In early May, a 17-year-old youth, whose identity is protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
At the time, the families of McNeil and Caza said news of the arrests had not brought much in the way of closure — or helped them understand why their loved ones were gunned down.
Families of two men shot last month in Riverdale struggle to understand their seemingly
In a community safety meeting held in April, police said the shooting was believed to be targeted and that the two young men had been “lured” to the area. The family said they have no idea how Caza and McNeil met, what brought them to Riverdale that evening or why they would have been targeted.
“We’re just in the dark right now, we don’t know what happened,” Caza’s aunt, Siobhan Boyle, told the Star in late April. “What we do know is that we want justice.”
“This city — crime, youth violence — it’s out of control. How can guns be so available?” she said.
News Release - Two Additional Suspects Sought in Homicide Investigation, Bain Avenue and Logan Avenue area, Judicial authorization obtained to identify Young Person, Image Released
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When reached for comment on Thursday, Boyle said she was thankful that investigators had obtained authorization to identify the wanted youth.
“Hopefully they just catch them soon.”
Investigators have asked the public not to approach the suspects if located, but to call 911. Anyone with additional information is asked to contact pc28police.
The authorization to identify the youth suspect expires on Monday at 12 p.m.
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