A 16-year-old girl has turned herself in to Toronto police and has been charged in connection with a fatal stabbing of a father of four in the Weston neighbourhood on Nov. 14.
Police said officers responded to multiple calls about a stabbing at a Shoppers Drug Mart near Weston Road and Lawrence Avenue around 11:50 a.m.
Officers arrived to find the man conscious and breathing with stab wounds to the abdomen and chest.
Toronto paramedics transported the victim to a trauma centre with critical injuries, where police said he later died.
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The victim has been identified as 54-year-old David Blacquiere, a father of four — three daughters and a son — from Barrie.
Investigators said at a press conference last Wednesday that they believe two altercations occurred between a suspect and the victim at two scenes in close proximity to each other.
“One within the motor vehicle that we have at the scene and a second one just outside of the motor vehicle,” said Det. Rob North. “That altercation turned physical and unfortunately, Mr. Blacquiere was stabbed multiple times.”
The girl, who cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was charged with accessory after the fact to murder.
She was scheduled to appear in a Toronto court last Thursday.
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Police said Canada-wide warrants have been issued for two men.
Christopher Enrique-Gordon, 18, is wanted on a charge of second-degree murder and police said he is armed and dangerous. Police allege the girl had been seen in surveillance video assisting the suspect after the stabbing.
Neil McNeil, a friend of Blacquiere who knew him from refereeing hockey, told Global News that this wasn’t a random attack, but that Blacquiere knew Enrique-Gordon from work and that he had been giving him rides to and from work back to Barrie, where they both lived ‘consistently.’
Enrique-Gordon is described as 6’4″, 150 lbs., with a slender build and black hair in braids.
McNeil said that a helmet sticker will be sold for $10 dollars a piece to raise money for Blacquiere’s family. They’ll be sold to all of the leagues that he was a part of around the GTA, including the Good Times Hockey League of the Arts, The Queensway League, New Direction and The Richmond Hill Old Timers.
“They all know him, they all miss him because he was a regular,” McNeil said, adding that once all of the contributions are totalled up, they’ll deliver it to the family as a “thank you for what Dave meant to us.”
“He had that personality, he was outgoing. He talked to everybody — he had that smirk and guys loved to have him on the ice.”
The second suspect, 24-year-old Demetrius McFarquhar, is wanted on charges of accessory after the fact to murder, attempting to obstruct justice and failing to comply with recognizance.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).
—With files from Briana Carnegie and Alana MacLeod
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