Sammy Yatim, 18, was shot dead by police on a Toronto streetcar last month. On Monday, the officer was charged with second-degree murder. (Facebook) A Toronto police officer has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Sammy Yatim, the 18-year old shot andn killed on a streetcar last month.
A statement issued Monday from Ontario's Special Investigations Unit says the actions of Const. James Forcillo in the downtown Toronto incident this summer justify a charge of second-degree murder.
Forcillo, the officer who fired the shots, had been suspended from duty during the investigation.
Yatim was on a streetcar stopped on Dundas Street West, near Bellwoods Avenue, when he was shot dead in the early minutes of July 27.
Witnesses have said that Yatim was holding a knife while inside the empty streetcar.
Nine shots can be heard on cellphone videos that captured the incident, following shouts for Yatim to drop a knife.
The final six shots appear to come after he had already fallen to the floor of the streetcar.
The shooting was recorded on video by several sources and viewed more than a million times on YouTube, galvanizing public anger and leading to a street protest that drew hundreds of people to the site of the shooting.
Family to release statement
Shortly after news of the chrges broke, Yatim's sister tweeted "The SIU charged the cop with 2nd degree murder!!! Good morning JUSTICE."
The family is refusing requests for interviews but is expected to release a statement to the media by 4 p.m. today.
Forcillo has spent six years as a member of Toronto's police force, splitting that time as both as a uniformed constable and at court services at Old City Hall.
The SIU says Forcillo has not yet been arrested because an arrest warrant was just issued.
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