A young teenage boy – not even old enough to drive – faces attempted murder charges once cops catch up with him for a double shooting in Scarborough last weekend.
And investigators have taken the rare step to seek court permission to identify the wanted youth hoping the public can help track him down.
Toronto police say a boy showed up at a residence near Danforth Rd. and Eglinton Ave. E. armed with a gun shortly after 5 p.m. on Sunday.
“The firearm was discharged, striking two victims,” Const. Shannon Eames said in a statement released Thursday, explaining the gun-toting boy then took off.
A 21-year-old man and a 22-year-old man were hit by the gunfire.
Eames said both victims were taken to hospital with “serious but non-life-threatening injuries.”
As a result of the investigation,