Police have released surveillance video of three suspects wanted in the “brazen” shooting of a Toronto teenager, who was gunned down while eating with friends at a Pizza Pizza in the city’s north-end.
Jarryl Hagley, 17, was eating with a group at the Pizza Pizza at 1937 Weston Rd., just north of Lawrence Avenue West, around 1:40 a.m. Oct. 16 when three gunmen entered the store and fired shots in his direction.
Hagley was struck by gunfire and police found him in the restaurant’s back washroom shortly after arriving. He later succumbed to his injuries in hospital.
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Trisha Samuels, Hagley’s stepmother, said the teenager was a Grade 10 student who liked sports, drawing and playing with his younger brothers.
The family has started a GoFundMe page to raise funds for Hagley’s funeral, which has reached almost $6,000 of a $20,000 goal.
Toronto Police Det. Paul Worden called the shooting “brazen,” adding that the suspects had “no fear of witnesses (or) surveillance cameras.”
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“They’re just going to go out there and basically execute somebody,” Worden said Monday.
“They don’t care how many other people they hurt. It could have been worse in this case.”
He said police are looking into the backgrounds of the people involved to see if they could identify a motive for the shooting.
“We do believe this was a targeted case based on the information we have now,” he said.
“It’s not clear whether this particular youth was targeted, or somebody in his group was targeted.”
Worden said although Jarryl came into contact with police over the past couple of years for “various things,” he wasn’t charged with any offences and Jarryl didn’t have a criminal record.
Police are encouraging the three suspects to seek legal advice and turn themselves in.
Anyone with information is being asked to call Det. Paul Worden at 416-808-7400 ext. 7-7382 or 416-616-6994, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.
— Nick Westoll contributed to this report
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