Swarming

The teenagers, ages 13 to 16, attacked the 59-year-old victim in the Canada city's downtown area, police allege. He died as a result of stab wounds shortly ...

“In all of these incidents, victims reported being swarmed and robbed by a large group of young people in the evening hours,” police said at the time. [In their statement](https://www.tps.ca/media-centre/news-releases/54716/), police said the eight minors attended court at Old City Hall at 10 a.m. He also confirmed police had secured weapons in the process of their investigation, but declined to specify how many or of what type. “If you were a victim or had contact with these individuals, we’d like to hear from you.” “He does have a very supportive family in the area, so I would not necessarily call him homeless, maybe just recently on some hard luck,” Browne said. on Saturday to share relevant information with investigators.

Police have not yet given a motive for the killing of the 59-year-old, but said that the suspects swarmed the victim in downtown Toronto.

The man, whose identity was not immediately released, moved into the city's homeless shelter system recently, Toronto Police Service Detective Sergeant Terry Browne said at a press conference on Tuesday. "Bleeding, bleeding, bleeding. The woman said the girls then attacked the man, and she fled out of fear. "He protected me," the woman said of the victim. Police believe that the band of girls were in the area where the attack happened less than two hours earlier and were involved in another "altercation" at that point. Toronto police said in a press release that the young suspects — three 13-year-olds, three 14-year-olds, and two 16-year-olds — were arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection to the December 18 killing of a 59-year-old man.

Police believe the suspects, aged 13 to 16, met on social media before the fatal attack on 59-year-old victim.

Eight teen girls who met on social media were arrested for the murder of a 59-year-old man living in the Toronto shelter system after allegedly 'swarming' ...

The suspects are believed to have first arrived in the area around 10:30 p.m. The man was transported to the hospital by medics with life-threatening injuries. "A number of weapons" were secured from the girls at the time of arrest, Browne added, declining to go into more details at that time. We don’t know how or why they met on that evening or why the destination was downtown Toronto," Browne said. Terry Browne of the Homicide and Missing Persons Unit declined to describe the group of girls as a gang, saying they carried out a "swarming-type behavior." Police withheld the names of the eight minor suspects under Canada’s Youth Criminal Justice Act, which prevents their publication.

Eight teenage girls are facing murder charges, accused of fatally stabbing a 59-year-old man in downtown Toronto in what police described as a "swarming" ...

He said detectives believe they met in the heart of the city around 10:30 p.m. The sergeant said the group made arrangements to join up in downtown Toronto. He said a number of weapons were recovered from the suspects.