The defence has begun its closing arguments in the trial of the man accused in a Vancouver gang hit that resulted in the death of an innocent teenager.
Alfred Wong was riding in the back seat of his parents’ car on Broadway at Ontario Street in Vancouver when he was struck by a stray bullet in what police describe as a gang shootout in January 2018.
Kane Carter has pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in the incident, which also left Kevin Whiteside, 23, dead, and the aggravated assault of another bystander who was grazed by a bullet.
The Crown alleges Carter was in Vancouver to murder Whiteside, who was allegedly in the same area at the time to kill Matthew Navas-Rivas, a member of a rival gang. Navas-Rivas escaped but was killed in another shooting months later.
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Defence counsel, on Thursday, impressed upon jury members that …