Three men on trial for the first-degree murder of 12-year-old Dante Andreatta, who was killed by a stray bullet while walking on Jane Street near Finch Avenue West on Nov. 7, 2020, have been found guilty.
The jury also found Rashawn Chambers, Jahwayne Smart and Cjay Hobbs guilty of five counts of attempted murder in relation to five occupants of a Honda Accord who were being shot at that day.
The jury returned with its verdict at 1 p.m. on Saturday, on its fifth day of deliberations following the five-week trial that began in April.
The fatal shooting shocked the city at the time because it involved an innocent child who was walking home from a McDonald’s restaurant with his mother when he was shot.
In the Crown’s closing arguments, assistant Crown attorney Arian Khader argued Chambers, Smart and Hobbs went to 25 Stong Ct. in a stolen vehicle, wearing masks …