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Sammy Yatim's shooting death by a former Toronto police officer was a homicide, a coroner's inquest has found more than a decade after his death.

Yatim, 18 at the time, died in a downtown Toronto hospital after he was shot several times while alone on a streetcar and holding a small knife on July 27, 2013.

His cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest, the inquest has found.

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[–] llamapants@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

This is what I've been mostly asking myself since I've heard the homicide ruling. Forcillo has already been tried, convicted, and served his time. I have the most basic understanding of our laws, but he can't be recharged for the same crime? However, could the family sue him in, like, civil court or something, based on this new ruling?