Two men, Noah Anderson and Junior Jahmal Harvey, were sentenced to life in prison for the first-degree murder of Thane Murray. Murray was shot in a Toronto parking lot while with friends. The court also imposed life sentences for the attempted murders of two of Murray's friends. The judge characterized the violence as extreme, with a high degree of planning, and emphasized the victims' innocence. Murray was shot 14 times and died at the scene, while one friend was left in a coma for three months, highlighting the severity of the attack.
The victims were completely innocent; guilty of nothing more than sitting, chatting, enjoying a warm late-summer evening," Roberts said in her decision. Uthayakumaran was shot nine times, while Nguyen was shot only once, which the judge said was "not through lack of effort on the part of the shooters."
She said the violence was "extreme" and "involved a very high degree of planning and deliberation." Roberts described the shooting as "senseless," saying there was no evidence that Anderson or Harvey knew any of the victims.
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