The man convicted of killing two friends outside a Toronto nightclub as he sought revenge for a minor dispute three years ago will face life in prison with 18 years before he can apply for parole.
TORONTO Two friends tried to protect each other from a gunman intent on revenge for a petty slight outside a crowded Toronto nightclub in 2017, Ontario Superior Court heard Thursday but both ended up being gunned down. The double tragedies, occurring just seconds apart after 3 a.m. that morning, show how suddenly lethal guns can be, prosecutors said, as they pressed Justice Peter Bawden to find one of the accused, Tanade Mohamed, guilty of second-degree murder. “How many cases do we have when someone intervened when the gun came out and it’s an unfortunate end?” Crown lawyer Anna Tenhouse told the court on Thursday. “We see innocent people getting shot all the time when a gun gets in the way.”
The shooting deaths of two young men as they left a crowded Port Lands nightclub may have started over a dispute about $30, and a thrown water bottle, Ontario Superior Court heard recently.