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hunter: young guns turning ontario streets into rivers of blood

gangland and terror fagins are bird-dogging pubescent c...

hunter: young guns turning streets into rivers of blood
markham woman yuk-ying (anita) mui, 56. handout / york regional police

item: goderich. a boy, 13, has been charged with first-degree murder in the july slaying of a 12-year-old girl.

item: markham. three boys — two 17-year-olds and a 16-year-old — are persons of interest in the kidnapping and murder of realtor yuk-ying (anita) mui, 56.

item: two teens — aged 15 and 16 — are charged with first-degree murder in the july slaying of sulakshan selvasingam, 28. the young guns are also accused in a slew of shootings for hire.

item: rcmp arrested and charged a gta youth for alleged terrorism ties, including counselling another person to commit a terrorist act.

gangland and terror fagins are bird-dogging pubescent criminal talent to do their dirty work.
and it’s a smart play: the kiddos get pocket spending money, light-as-a-feather sentencing, and a criminal justice system comprised of suckers who want to go easy on them.
as long as they keep it zipped, these young killers will then walk out of the joint with super-cred on the streets. that is until they get sent back to prison or end up in the morgue.
 victim: cops say the killers of sulakshan selvasingam are kids. ajax crematorium
victim: cops say the killers of sulakshan selvasingam are kids. ajax crematorium
and remember, their identities are protected under the youth criminal justice act.
over the past two years in toronto, youth firearm arrests have soared by a shocking 161%, according to police data released in july. cops are blaming the ramped-up gunplay on gangs recruiting kids.

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but we hear nothing from the feds or the self-appointed “experts” on all manner of youthful violence. they want more of the same.
in policy options magazine last october, two academics suggested it would be super cool to raise the age in the youth criminal justice act to 20 or — to hell with it — let’s make it 22 or 24.
 this montage sketch – depicting a dec. 29, 2022 bail hearing – shows one youth of eight who are charged with the murder of homeless man kenneth lee. one of the accused youths was recently charged with a stabbing while out on bail for second-degree murder. she appeared in court on feb. 27, 2024. (sketch by pam davies)
this montage sketch – depicting a dec. 29, 2022 bail hearing – shows one youth of eight who are charged with the murder of homeless man kenneth lee. one of the accused youths was recently charged with a stabbing while out on bail for second-degree murder. she appeared in court on feb. 27, 2024. (sketch by pam davies)
they argue young killers aren’t mature enough to do the big time that big crime typically calls for.
the problem i have with this rationale is that for every kid in front of a judge on a murder beef crying poor me, there are tens of thousands from similar circumstances who work, go to school and never pick up a gun.
“it’s pretty out of control right now,” one homicide detective said. “and we have to sit by and watch, helpless to do anything when they’re released on bail or are back on the streets in just a few years.”
and remember, this is not the stuff of schoolyard brawls where bobby hits his head and dies.
 six teenagers face charges after they were caught with this loaded gun in a stolen vehicle near weston rd. and hwy. 401 on monday, may 13, 2024.
six teenagers face charges after they were caught with this loaded gun in a stolen vehicle near weston rd. and hwy. 401 on monday, may 13, 2024. handout / toronto police
the presumed murder of yuk-ying (anita) mui was a targeted affair, yrp detectives said. it was not spur of the moment.
let’s look at those disturbing details.
her remains were discovered near parry sound on aug. 12. she had been incinerated and homicide detectives don’t appear to have any doubts that she was murdered.

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mui vanished on aug. 9 and her white 2024 mercedes-benz gle450 suv was discovered in the finch ave. e. and warden ave. area in toronto. her charred remains were found around 230 km north of the city.
 fagin: robert lindsey as fagin in the 1999 version of oliver twist. carleton
fagin: robert lindsey as fagin in the 1999 version of oliver twist. carleton
the youthful trio then allegedly went to town with mui’s credit cards.
“all three young offenders are persons of interest in this homicide investigation, but their exact involvement as to what they did … is being investigated,” det.-sgt. dave gill told reporters on thursday.
one 17-year-old boy from whitby was hit with a slew of firearms charges along with possessing property obtained by crime. that kid and another 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy, both from toronto, have also been charged with fraud under $5,000.
two of the three are out on bail as if to underscore these horrors. the third boy goes to bat next week.
if i were a betting man i’d slap my money down on a trifecta for the young guns.
that’s just the way it is.
@huntertosun
brad hunter
brad hunter

brad hunter is national crime columnist for the toronto sun. previously he was a senior writer for the new york post. his stories have been published in dozens of newspapers and magazines around the world. hunter is also a frequent guest/contributor on radio, podcasts and true crime documentaries. he has written two books, ‘inside the mind of john wayne gacy: the real life killer clown’ and ‘cold blooded murder: shocking true stories of killers and psychopaths’. he lives in hamilton.

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