A young 16-year-old boy, named Keyon Cambell was gunned-down at his doorway as he went to warm up his mom’s car. As Keyon Cambell opened the door, he was shot, and Keyon stumbled back inside and collapsed in the hallway around 1:20 a.m. yesterday. This incident took place at a townhouse complex on Empringham Dr. in the Morningside and Sheppard Aves. area. As Keyon’s mother and aunt rushed to the door to attempt CPR until the ambulance arrived. Shortly after taken to the hospital, Keyon was pronounced dead. Just a year ago, Campbell was featured in the documentary EMPz for Life, which was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival. Campbell is the 80th homicide in Toronto and half of the 80 homicides was a shooting death. Toronto is on track to break the 1991 record of 89 homicides in a year. Det. Hank Idsinga explained to the media that “Keyon Campbell was a young, 16-year-old boy, a bright student, employed, and an avid basketball player.” As police spent the whole day yesterday looking for evidence, they found that the shots appear to have been fired from a northerly direction. Tracks left in the snow indicate the suspect initially fled the scene on foot. Everyone around the neighborhood commented that Keyon was a good guy, he never caused any trouble, even though police knew Keyon, but it’s not because he had done crime, it’s just because he lives around the neighborhood.
I think this is horrifying news to everyone that lives in Toronto, even in Ontario. This scary incident tells us the dangerous society that we live in. A young 16-year-old boy was shot while walking out of the door; this scars me because now, every time I open my door, I am thinking, it could be my last. We’ve got to understand that this incident happened in Toronto, one of the wealthiest and safest cities in the world, and 80 homicide had happened in this year. This is a very important issue, young, innocent kids who has a bright future are being killed. Local police must pay more attention about what goes on in the streets; cop cars should roam around neighborhoods frequently to try to reduce the number of homicides that happen each year. If the other 79 homicides didn’t bring attention to the local governments, then I hope this is a wake up call to local governments that they must change the rules and pay more attention to neighborhoods.
Monday, December 3, 2007
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I agree with Zhang's comment, that Toronto is one of the safest cities in the world, and an incident like this is very scary. The police should indeed go around neighbourhoods roaming to keep the safety of families living at home. It is very scary to think that I could possible get shot froma bullet from any direction outside, and could possibly kill me. These shooters are teenagers which may have a great future set infront of them, no matter if its in sports or academically, and the police department should look at this incident, and try and find a way to fix it for the future
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