Police identify man killed in alleged ‘swarming’ attack by 8 teen girls in Toronto | 24CA News

Police have recognized a person killed in an alleged “swarming” assault by eight teenage ladies in Toronto final month as Ken Lee.

Lee, 59, was pronounced useless in hospital after he was allegedly crushed and stabbed by the group of ladies exterior a downtown shelter within the early morning hours of Dec. 18, 2022. 

Investigators stated on the time they have been working to inform Lee’s subsequent of kin of his loss of life. Lee was from Toronto, police stated in a news launch Tuesday.

All eight ladies, who vary in age from 13 to 16 years previous, have been charged with second-degree homicide. One was granted bail in late December, whereas the remainder have bail hearings scheduled for later this month.

Their identities are protected beneath the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

A pal of Lee’s who noticed his alleged assault informed CBC Toronto the ladies had tried to take a liquor bottle from her and Lee had tried to cease them. The lead detective on the case later confirmed that police imagine there was an tried theft — “likely of a liquor bottle” — in the course of the preliminary section of the lethal encounter.

The assault occurred at about 12:15 a.m. native time, close to the nook of York Street and University Avenue, simply steps from Union Station. 

Det.-Sgt. Terry Browne stated in December that police selected to cost the entire teenagers with second-degree homicide as a result of every woman “played a role” within the slaying.

“All eight were together. All eight were involved,” he stated. “I won’t say what each one individually did, but all eight were together and participating in this event, which is disturbing.”

He described the assault as a “swarming,” which usually includes deciding on a goal to victimize.