Two Arrests In Murder Of Neighbourhood Activist
Posted January 14, 2010 2:11 pm.
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There’s a ray of hope for the family of a Toronto man murdered on his way to work last month.
On Thursday, just days after 29-year-old Kenneth Mark was laid to rest, police announced they had arrested two males for his murder.
Nineteen-year-old Lamar Skeete and a 16-year-old young offender who can’t be identified have been charged with first degree murder and were scheduled to appear in court on Thursday afternoon.
Mark was shot and killed in December on his way to a night shift at Walmart. Toronto Police haven’t released any theories on why he was targeted, but there is speculation he may have got on the wrong side of thugs in the area.
In an incident more than a year earlier, Mark was in the courtyard of a building when a man allegedly pointed a shotgun at a woman and her young child. Mark cradled the two in an effort to protect them and wound up shot in the back and head.
Mark’s family says he knew the men who were accused of shooting him and testified against them in court. But the judge decided there was not enough evidence and set them free on December 17.
Later that month, Mark was dead. And his loved ones have repeatedly called for justice in the weeks that followed.
The investigation is ongoing and police are asking anyone with information to contact them at 416-808-7400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637).
