Man gets nine year sentence for 2007 shooting on TTC bus
Posted March 18, 2010 5:30 pm.
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A 29 year old man has been given a nine year prison sentence for firing a gun on board a TTC bus three years ago.
Thestar.com said Richard Haynes broke down at his sentencing hearing on Thursday, as he apologized to the community for his actions in February 2007.
Although no one was killed in the shooting, the bus was completely full at the time, and the bullet ricocheted, going through the coat of a female passenger.
The man who was the intended target was struck in the hip, but has since recovered.
The image of Haynes was caught on bus security cameras, which led to his arrest.
Haynes’ friend Marlon Cooper, 22, who pushed the victim on the bus without being armed, pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm, but was released from custody.
