Youths charged with 2nd-degree murder in fatal shooting of boy, 16, at Parkdale apartment
![Jameson Avenue homicide](https://toronto.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/10/2024/07/08/Jameson-Avenue-murder-e1720432887240-1024x577.jpg)
Posted July 11, 2024 11:36 am.
Last Updated July 11, 2024 11:44 am.
Two male youths have been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old at a Parkdale apartment building earlier this week.
Authorities were called to 145 Jameson Ave. near King Street West just after midnight for reports of gunshots heard in the area.
Officers found a male victim with gunshot wounds in an apartment unit. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim was identified as 16-year-old Mohamed Doumbouya of Toronto. Police had previously said he was not a resident of the apartment and it’s unknown why he was there.
![The victim in the homicide in a Parkdale apartment unit has been identified as Mohamed Doumbouya, 16, of Toronto.](https://toronto.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/10/2024/07/09/Mohamed-Doumbouya-toronto.jpg)
On Thursday, police arrested two boys, aged 16 and 17, in connection to the homicide. They were charged with second-degree murder and were slated to appear in court this morning.
They were not identified by means of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA).