Toronto police say a 16-year-old boy has been charged after an 8-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet while laying in bed at home last month.

Police said they are also searching for two other teenage boys in connection with the death of JahVai Roy.

On Aug. 16, Roy was laying in bed with his mother when shots rang out outside his home in the Martha Eaton Way and Tretheway Drive area at around 12:30 a.m.

Despite life-saving measures, police said JahVai was pronounced dead in hospital.

Police said stray bullets also entered two other building units and no one else was injured. JahVai’s death sent shockwaves throughout the community .

“He was at home when a group of people brazenly fired guns outside of his apartment building,” said Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw at a press co

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