James Forcillo

• Peer intervention, family support among proposed recommendations in Sammy Yatim inquest

  Closing submissions have begun at a coroner's inquest into the death of a teen who was shot by a Toronto police officer on an empty streetcar more than a decade ago.

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  Jan 30, 2024
  
• Forcillo tells inquest feedback on use-of-force would have been helpful

  A former Toronto police officer who shot a teen on an empty streetcar more than a decade ago is taking the stand for a second day at a coroner's inquest.

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  Jan 23, 2024
  
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• Forcillo tells coroner’s inquest having a stun gun would have ‘changed everything’

  A former Toronto police officer who shot a teen on an empty streetcar told a coroner's inquest today that having a stun gun would have "changed everything."

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  Jan 22, 2024
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• Sammy Yatim’s mother continues fight for justice 10 years after son’s death

  Ten years after her son was fatally shot by police on an empty Toronto streetcar, Sammy Yatim's mother is still fighting for justice.

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  Jul 27, 2023
• Coroner rules against Toronto officer’s ‘suicide by cop’ theory for Sammy Yatim inquest

  A coroner has denied a request from a former Toronto police officer to explore a theory that a distraught teen he shot was committing 'suicide by cop.'

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  Mar 30, 2023
• Police officer who fatally shot teen argues inquest should consider ‘suicide by cop’

  Forcillo shot the 18-year-old multiple times in July 2013 while the teen was on an empty streetcar.

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  Nov 23, 2022
• Coroner’s inquest into fatal shooting of teen by Toronto police postponed

  Former Toronto police officer James Forcillo shot the 18-year-old multiple times in July 2013 while the teen was in the middle of a mental health crisis on an empty streetcar.

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  Nov 14, 2022
• Toronto officer who shot Sammy Yatim in 2013 on empty streetcar granted parole

  Const. James Forcillo was granted full parole on Jan. 17 and must have no contact -- direct or indirect -- with the victim's family.

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  Jan 21, 2020
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• Sammy Yatim’s family angered by day parole granted for Toronto cop who shot teen

  James Forcillo was reportedly granted day parole after serving 21 months of a six-year sentence for the attempted murder of Sammy Yatim.

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  Aug 16, 2019
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• Ontario coroner’s office announces inquest into shooting death of Sammy Yatim

  Yatim died in hospital on July 27, 2013 after he was shot by a Toronto police officer and then tasered by another inside a TTC streetcar.

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  Jul 31, 2019