'An angel on Earth': Vigil held for father of 4 killed in Toronto bus stop shooting
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A community in northwest Toronto held a vigil Saturday for Adu Boakye, a father of four killed in one of two apparent random shootings in the neighbourhood last weekend.
A community in northwest Toronto held a vigil Saturday for Adu Boakye, a father of four killed in one of two apparent random shootings in the neighbourhood last weekend.
Dozens of people braved the cold to pay their respects to the 40-year-old Ghanaian man, who had arrived in Canada just three months ago before he was shot and killed at a bus stop near Jane Street and Driftwood Avenue.
“We will not let this cowardly act strike fear in our hearts, because we want to make a point that we have a good community here. We have a strong community,” Mayor Olivia Chow said, flanked by representatives of the city’s Ghanaian community and the Toronto Police Service.
Friends of Boakye said he had arrived in Canada on a work permit in November and had started a job on Jan. 22, to support his wife and children back home.
One of his closest friends, Richardson Adorsu, told CP24 Saturday that although Boakye didn’t talk much, he always listened and offered valuable advice to anyone who asked for it.
“I would describe him as a good man. An angel on earth,” an emotional Adorsu said.
Boakye was at a bus stop in the area last Saturday afternoon when he was approached by an unknown suspect and shot at. He was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
