Eight teenage girls who apparently met on social media have been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a 59-year-old man in Toronto.
“They met each other through social media. They come from varying parts of the city,” Browne said said. “We don’t know how or why they met on that evening and why the destination was downtown Toronto. We don’t know how long they were acquainted with each other. I wouldn’t describe them as a gang at this point.”
“Maybe these were eight young women that wanted to make a name for themselves and see if they could become socially famous,” he said."They are all equally culpable,” he said. “There is no doubt in our minds that they were all working as a singular entity in a swarming mob mentality when they chose to attack this man.”
“It's bizarre that they would all have hooked up together and found their way to downtown Toronto. Their primary residences are all over the place,” he said.“I can tell you it was a shock to find out that their children were involved in an event like this,” he said.They have made their first court appearance and remain in custody. The next court appearance is Dec. 29.
“He does have a very supportive family in the area so I wouldn’t necessarily call him homeless. Maybe just recently on some hard luck,” he said.He said 20 or 30 years ago in Toronto young teen boys would swarm others and try to steal Dr. Martens boots or Air Jordan shoes for a time but said that faded away.
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