Trial underway for 3 men accused in murder of Ontario boy hit by stray bullet [Video]

Almost five years after 12-year-old Dante Andreatta was struck by a stray bullet as he was walking along a sidewalk with his mother in North York, the first-degree murder trial for the two alleged shooters and the getaway driver has begun.

In addition to being charged with first-degree murder, Rashawn Chambers, Cjay Hobbs and Jahwayne Smart also face five counts of attempted murder. They have each pleaded not guilty to all six counts.

In his opening address to the jury, assistant Crown attorney Patrick Clement said the shooting happened on Nov. 7, 2020, when a stolen Honda Accord with three masked men inside pulled into the parking lot of an apartment building at 25 Stong Ct., just north Jane Street and Finch Avenue, and approached a car full of teenagers.

“You will see two men get out of the stolen vehicle and after the teenagers begin to drive away from them, they immediately open fire with handguns,” Clement said.

The jury heard that …