Mother of 2019 Toronto homicide victim appeals for information [Video]

The mother of a man who was shot and killed in Etobicoke five years ago is pleading for information that could help solve the case as police announce a new $5,000 award.

The Toronto Police Service held a news conference on Thursday announcing the reward for any information connected to the 2019 murder of 21-year-old Amir Naraine.

Police were joined by Naraine’s mother, Devika Naraine, who described her son as a “remarkable, hardworking young man,” who was taken too early.

“We are asking the people who know information about the homicide to please come forward and make that call to Crime Stoppers or police,” she said. “We know that his friends know the where, when, who, how or what took place. You boys played a role in our everyday life. You boys promised to have each other’s backs.”

Naraine was found dead with gunshot wounds in a vehicle at a …