Family of teen shot on Toronto streetcar moved to Canada for safety, security

SAMMY YATIM

TORONTO -- Just moments before he was shot and killed by police, did Sammy Yatim beg to borrow a cellphone to call his father who was away on a business trip?

It is among the key mystery moments on that streetcar that SIU investigators are looking into.

"I would like to know myself," his uncle, Mejad "Jim" Yatim, said.

He wonders if such a call could have helped.

"He liked and respected his dad," Jim said Tuesday.  (more...)

Family of teen shot on Toronto streetcar moved to Canada for safety, security