Trial underway for 3 men charged in daytime Toronto shooting that left 12-year-old dead

Sarah Petz · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 28, 2025 2:38 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

A assemblage is being asked to find whether 3 men are blameworthy of first-degree execution successful a fatal shooting successful North York astir 5 years agone that near a 12-year-old lad dormant and 3 others injured. 

Rashawn Chambers, Jahwayne Smart and Cjay Hobbs are connected proceedings for 1 number of first-degree execution and 5 counts of attempted execution successful transportation with the deadly shooting that happened successful November 2020.

Twelve-year-old Dante Sebastian Andreatta was market buying with his parent connected Nov. 7, 2020 erstwhile helium was deed by a stray slug during the shooting, which involved 2 vehicles successful a parking batch adjacent Jane Street and Stong Court. 

Court heard that lawyers person agreed Chambers was 1 of the shooters and Hobbs was driving the conveyance erstwhile Chambers and Smart began firing astatine different conveyance successful the parking batch of 25 Stong Ct. 

What the assemblage is being asked to find is whether Smart was the 2nd shooter, and if they intended to termination the radical who were successful the different vehicle. 

Court hears details of shooting

The shooting began erstwhile 2 occupants of a stolen Honda Accord exited the conveyance and began firing astatine different conveyance successful the parking lot, according an agreed upon connection of facts successful the case, which Crown prosecutors finished presenting to a assemblage Monday morning. 

Three occupants of the different conveyance were injured, including 1 idiosyncratic who was changeable 4 times but survived. Two different occupants of the 2nd conveyance were not deed by gunfire, the connection of facts says. 

Andreatta was deed by a slug during the shooting portion helium was walking successful the country erstwhile the shooting broke out, tribunal heard. He died successful infirmary 4 days aboriginal from a slug coiled to the neck. 

The individuals successful the stolen Honda Accord fled the country aft the shooting. The pursuing day, constabulary recovered the stolen Honda Accord that was driven by Hobbs abandoned connected a dead-end thoroughfare adjacent 11 Creditstone Rd., astir 4 kilometres from wherever the shooting happened. 

Smart and Chambers were arrested 2 days aboriginal astatine a Canadian Tire adjacent Bay Street and Dundas Street W., portion Dobbs was arrested connected Nov. 12, 2020 successful Halifax. 

Court heard that constabulary collected 36 slug casings from the scene. 

Chambers and Smart were carrying Glock 19 handguns erstwhile they were arrested. Police determined the casings recovered astatine the country came from those firearms, the connection of facts says. 

The proceedings was adjourned to Tuesday morning, erstwhile the victims successful the shooting are expected to testify.