A 16-year-old boy who was on a release order has been charged in the killing of a 35-year-old man in Toronto, police say.
Toronto police said officers responded at around 11:46 p.m. on Jan. 6 to the Callender Street and Queen Street West area, east of Roncesvalles Avenue.
Toronto resident Scott Robert Partington had been stabbed and was found outside, police said.
Life-saving measures were performed on Partington and he was taken to hospital where he died, police said.
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Officers said the suspect and the victim were not known to each other. Prior to the stabbing, the two were involved in an altercation, police said.
On Tuesday, a 16-year-old boy was arrested and charged with manslaughter, possession of a prohibited weapon, and failing to comply with a release order.
It’s not clear what the boy was on a release order for at the time.
The boy cannot be identified due to a provision in the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Anyone with information on the case was asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers anonymously.