Toronto police arrest, charge teenager with April double homicide in GTA [Video]

A 17-year-old youth has been arrested by Toronto police and charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with a deadly double shooting in the Riverdale neighbourhood in mid-April.

Police announced the suspect’s arrest Sunday, after they picked up the youth on Saturday.

Neither the youth’s name nor any identifying details can be published under Canada’s Youth Criminal Justice Act.

The youth appeared in court via video link at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre on Saturday, Toronto Police Detective Sergeant Alan Bartlett said in a statement.

The charges must be proven at trial; the accused is innocent until proven guilty.

The Toronto youth’s arrest is the latest in a series of such violent cases from across Canada, including murder charges against a 16-year-old youth from Perth, Ont., last fall.

The TPS said the April 15 shootings began at approximately 11:15 p.m., when its officers responded to a call for a sound of gunshots in the Bain Avenue …