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Toronto Sun
31-05-2025
- Toronto Sun
3 men guilty in daylight shooting that left 12-year-old boy dead
Pictured is Dante Sebastian Andreatta, 12, who was killed by a stray bullet during a gun battle. (GO FUND ME) Three men were found guilty of first-degree murder and attempted murder in connection with a deadly North York shooting in 2020 that claimed the life of a 12-year-old boy and injured three others. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account On Saturday, the jury returned for the fifth day of deliberations and found Rashawn Chambers, Jahwayne Smart and Cjay Hobbs guilty of killing Dante Sebastian Andreatta, CBC News reported. Andreatta was walking home with his mom on Nov. 7, 2020 when he was struck by a stray bullet during the shooting, which involved two vehicles in an apartment parking lot near Jane St. and Stong Court. The shooting started when two occupants of a stolen Honda Accord exited the vehicle and fired at another vehicle in the parking lot of 25 Stong Ct., according to an agreed upon statement of facts, which Crown prosecutors finished presenting to a jury when the trial opened in April 2025. Read More This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Three people in the other vehicle were hurt, including one who was shot four times but survived. Two other occupants of the second vehicle were not struck by gunfire, the statement of facts said. They told jury members that they were there that afternoon to make a drug deal. Both approached the teens in the car to ask if one of them was the buyer. A make-shift memorial for innocent 12-year-old Dante Sebastian Andreatta. JACK BOLAND/TORONTO SUN FILES Photo by Jack Boland / Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network Chambers and Smart testified that they started shooting after they saw one of the teenagers pointing a gun out the window, CBC reported. The Crown had argued they were lying about the teens having a gun and there was no planned drug deal, saying the trio of men went to the area with a plan to shoot the teenagers inside the car. Thirty-six bullets were unleashed from two guns aimed at a fleeing car in the brazen daylight shooting. Four days later, on Remembrance Day at Sick Kids, the boy died of a single perforating gunshot wound to his neck. Chambers and Smart were carrying Glock 19 handguns when they were arrested. RECOMMENDED VIDEO Toronto & GTA Toronto & GTA Ontario Columnists Sunshine Girls
Toronto Star
24-04-2025
- Toronto Star
Toronto boy Dante Andreatta, 12, was killed by gunmen aiming at group of five teens, court hears
Torontonians were shocked five years ago when 12-year-old Dante Andreatta was struck and killed by a stray bullet as he walked with his mother on Jane Street in North York in the middle of the afternoon. On Thursday, a jury trial got underway in the Superior Court of Justice where Rashawn Chambers, Jahwayne Smart and Cjay Hobbs have pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder in relation to the five teenagers who were the target of the attack that day.
