18-year-old killed in downtown Kitchener shooting identified by family
CTV
A Kitchener family is mourning the loss of their son as police continue to search for his suspected killer.
A Kitchener family is mourning the loss of their son as police continue to search for his suspected killer.
Family members have identified Joshua Tarnue, 18, as the victim of a fatal shooting in downtown Kitchener Sunday night.
Police say officers responded to the area of Queen Street South and Charles Street around 10:20 p.m. on Sunday for reports of shots fired outside a business.
When they arrived, police found an 18-year-old Kitchener man with gunshot wounds. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. Investigators believe the shooting was targeted.
“Joshua was a lovely kid. A very quiet, respectful kid,” father Gabriel Tarnue told CTV Kitchener.
“I passed by here last night and I saw the police. I didn’t know it was my son that was killed.”
Tarnue said the family moved to Kitchener from Liberia a few years ago.