Toronto police officer charged with second degree murder in streetcar shooting death of Sammy Yatim

Sammy Yatim (top left) and Toronto Police Const. James Forcillo.
Forcillo was charged with second degree murder Monday.

Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit has charged a Toronto police officer with second degree murder in the streetcar shooting death of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim in late July.

The SIU said an arrest warrant was issued for Toronto Police Officer Const. James Forcillo Monday morning. An arrangement was made through Forcillo’s lawyer, Peter Brauti, for the police officer to turn himself in to the custody of the SIU Tuesday morning before a court appearance at Old City Hall.

“The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Ian Scott, has reasonable grounds to believe that a Toronto Police Service officer committed a criminal offence in relation to the shooting death of 18-year-old Sammy Adib Yatim in July of 2013,” the SIU said in a statement.  (more...)

Toronto police officer charged with second degree murder in streetcar shooting death of Sammy Yatim