Toronto: Two teenager youth have been arrested and charged after a 15-year-old student was shot outside a northwest Toronto high school, police said.
According to the police, two 17-year old boys were arrested. They have been charged with attempt to murder, discharge firearm with Intent, two counts of possession of restricted firearm without licence and some. other charges.
On Thursday, the Toronto Police Service was called to Weston Collegiate Institute for a student who had been shot.
Police found a young man was hit by a bullet after the suspects fired multiple shots at a student, then fled in a vehicle.
Police said the boy’s injuries were said to be life-threatening and he was rushed to the trauma centre. He is undergoing treatment.
The vehicle used by the suspects was from a carjacking that occurred in Peel Region prior to the shooting
the vehicle was recovered in Peel Region after the shooting.