No arrests yet in Toronto bus stop shooting attacks
CBC
Two months after Adu Boakye was shot three times and killed while walking by a bus stop at Jane Street and Driftwood Avenue, loved ones say they are still in shock and holding out hope for justice.
"He was in the wrong place at the wrong time," said Richardson Adorsu. "I hope my friend will get justice for what has happened to him, and I hope the police will make this happen."
Boakye was one of two people shot near that intersection in less than 24 hours in February.
The first attack took place around 6 p.m. on Feb. 16. A 16 year old, waiting for the bus to go to a volleyball game, was critically injured after being shot in the face. He survived.
Boakye, shot the following afternoon, did not. Investigators said he was shot repeatedly, twice in the stomach. He died in hospital.
Adorsu met Boakye at the airport on Nov. 22, when he first arrived from Ghana. Adorsu says the two shared a meal together that evening, and he drove the newcomer around downtown Toronto, showing him his new city.
The father of four planned to work in Toronto to support his family back home. Adorsu says Boakye had only been working at his new job in a warehouse for three weeks, at the time of his attack.
Friends say he would often video call his wife during his breaks and was focused on sending money back home.
"He was so happy to be here, and he loved his family so much," Adorsu said.
Emmanuel Duodu, president of the Ghanaian-Canadian Association of Ontario, says the community is traumatized by what happened. A GoFundMe has been started to help raise money for funeral costs and Boakye's children.
"We all have traveled this path," he said. "One way or the other, we came into this country and we love this country. He had only been here for a few months, and to encounter such a tragedy was something that our community was shocked to hear."
With the suspect or suspects still at large, Duodo says there is a feeling of unease.
"There is a sense of, who's next?" He said.
Duodo said the association is planning Boakye's funeral, and working through logistics to bring his family to Toronto in the coming weeks.
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