Less than 48 hours after聽Abdoul Aziz Sarr’s death, another 16-year-old turned himself into investigators, with police not announcing a first-degree murder charge until after Sarr’s parents held an emotional funeral.
Second teen arrested in fatal stabbing of 14-year-old boy in Leslieville last weekend
Last Saturday, around 10:10 p.m., 色色啦 paramedics were flagged down near a McDonalds in the area of Eastern and Woodward Avenues where they found the 14-year-old boy injured.聽
Less than 48 hours after聽Abdoul Aziz Sarr’s death, another 16-year-old turned himself into investigators, with police not announcing a first-degree murder charge until after Sarr’s parents held an emotional funeral.
A second teenager has been arrested in the stabbing death of another boy in聽Leslieville聽last week.
Last Saturday, around 10:10 p.m., 色色啦 paramedics were flagged down near a McDonald’s in the area of , where they found Abdoul Aziz Sarr, 14, injured, police said in a . He was rushed to hospital where the 色色啦 teenager was pronounced dead.
A boy, 16, of 色色啦, turned himself into police on Friday, officers said Saturday. He is charged with first-degree murder and is scheduled to appear in court at the 色色啦 Regional Bail Centre at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
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Police tape, and markers at the scene of a McDonald鈥檚 at Eastern and Coxwell Avenues in the east side of 色色啦 on Sunday.聽
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Less than 48 hours after the 14-year-old’s death, another 16-year-old turned himself into investigators, with police not announcing a first-degree murder charge until after the victim’s parents held an emotional funeral on Wednesday.
“Abdoul Aziz was a gift to all of us,鈥 Omar Qadri, Sarr’s Islamic teacher, told mourners. He met with Sarr, who had just graduated Grade 8, the Friday before his death after prayers.
Qadri said Sarr loved to play basketball and聽remembered him as a top student who rarely missed Friday prayers with his mom and brother, coming to the Scarborough mosque ahead of time to help clean.
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