‘Yeah, yeah’: alleged teen Canada Day shooters make court appearances
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A second teen arrested following a spate of Winnipeg shootings last week — one of them fatal — made his first court appearance Monday, with a prosecutor telling a judge the Crown will be seeking an adult sentence, if convicted.
The 15-year-old boy was arrested July 3 — the same day a 14-year-old male co-accused made his first court appearance at the Manitoba Youth Centre.
Both teens are charged with first-degree murder in the Canada Day shooting death of 27-year-old Danielle Cote, and attempted murder and aggravated assault in connection to two more shootings July 1-2 that injured three people.
The minimum sentence for a youth convicted as an adult of first-degree murder is life in prison, with no chance of parole for seven years.
The 15-year-old, appearing by video from the Winnipeg Police Service downtown central processing unit, appeared to smirk occasionally as a court clerk read out the charges against him. Later, he stretched out in his chair and fiddled with his handcuffs as Crown attorney David Burland read out a list of people he was to have no contact with, including alleged victims and co-accused.
The teen answered with a simple “Yes,” when provincial court Judge Julie Frederickson asked if he understood the no-contact instructions.
No parents or family members were present in court on the teen’s behalf. His next court date is Aug. 14.
“We are going to need disclosure; I anticipate we are going to need another month for that to happen,” the boy’s lawyer, Josh Anstett, told Frederickson.
The 14-year-old co-accused, currently in quarantine at Manitoba Youth Centre, appeared in court briefly Monday via video, with his lawyer, Hillarie Tasche, quickly adjourning the case to July 8 to receive disclosure.
“We don’t think anything substantial will happen that day,” Tasche said, adding any future possible bail hearing will require a special sitting.
The teen, dressed in a green T-shirt and pants, responded with an impatient, “Yeah, yeah,” when asked if he understood what was happening in court.
City police have said they don’t believe the co-accused knew Cote nor the other shooting victims.
Police say the first incident occurred at approximately 2:30 a.m. July 1, when an injured 44-year-old man was found on Balmoral Street, near Cumberland Avenue, after he had been struck by a vehicle. Police later learned the man had been shot prior to being hit by the car.
Less than an hour later, a 17-year-old girl and a male were shot at on the 100 block of Isabel Street. The pair were not injured and did not initially report the shooting, police said. The 14-year-old accused is the lone suspect in that incident.
At 3:15 a.m., Cote and a 18-year-old male cousin were shot while walking on the 400 block of Flora Avenue. Cote died at the scene; her cousin was treated for injuries in hospital.
On July 2, at approximately 12:30 a.m., a 40-year-old man was shot at The Forks and another man was stabbed. The 40-year-old shooting victim was in hospital in stable condition.
dean.pritchard@freepress.mb.ca
Dean Pritchard is courts reporter for the Free Press. He has covered the justice system since 1999, working for the Brandon Sun and Winnipeg Sun before joining the Free Press in 2019. Read more about Dean.
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