Bendale Business and Technical Institute shooting

Infobox terrorist attack
title=Bendale Business and Technical Institute shooting


caption=
location=flagicon|Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada
target=Bendale Business and Technical Institute
date=September 16, 2008
time=11:47 a.m.
timezone=UTC-4
type=School shooting
fatalities=0
injuries=1
perps=The Bendale Business and Technical Institute shooting was a school shooting that occurred at the Bendale Business and Technical Institute in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 16, 2008. A 16-year-old student was shot in the chest in the school's parking lot following an altercation involving several people. The teen was transported to Sunnybrook Hospital in critical condition, where he underwent emergency surgery. The teen, who police believe was the only student from the school involved in the confrontation, was reportedly discovered near the pool inside the school bleeding from at least one gunshot wound. This school along with several other nearby schools including; Donwood Park Public School, David and Mary Thomson Colligiate Insitiute and Highbrook Learning Centre were immediately placed in lockdown mode at around 11:47 a.m. as a precaution but the lockdowns at all of these locations were lifted just before 2:30 p.m. [ [http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_26909.aspx School Shooting Leaves 16-Year-Old Boy Fighting For His Life] , www.citynews.ca, Published September 16, 2008] [ [http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080916/080916_mid_law_shooting/20080916/?hub=CP24Home Male suspect on the run after student shot at Scarborough high school] , www.cp24.com, Published September 16, 2008 ] [ [http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080916/shooting_school_080916/20080916/?hub=TorontoNewHome T.O.-area school shooting triggers manhunt] , www.ctvtoronto.ca, Published September 16, 2008 ] [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/09/16/bendale-shooting.html School shooting 1 of 3 on deadly day in Toronto] , www.cbc.ca, Published September 16, 2008 ] [ [http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/ontario/story.html?id=794620 School Shooting Sends 17-year-old to Hospital] , www.globaltv.com, Published September 16, 2008 ] [ [http://www.680news.com/more.jsp?content=20080916_121406_30568 Lockdowns lifted at four east-end schools after shooting] , www.680news.com, Published September 16, 2008 ] [ [http://www.cfrb.com/news/565/790730 Teen Shot at Scarborough High School] , www.cfrb.com, Published September 16, 2008 ] [ [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080916.wschoolshooting0916/BNStory/National/home Toronto student, 16, shot at school] , www.theglobeandmail.com, Published September 16, 2008 ] [ [http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2008/09/16/6782006.html Shooting at Scarborough school] www.torontosun.com, Published September 16, 2008 ] [ [http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/500046 Shot outside school, boy recovering from surgery] www.thestar.com, Published September 16 2008 ]

Arrests

On September 17, 2008, Toronto Police announced it had made 2 arrests of these shooting suspects; 18-year-old Mark Deicsics, has been charged with robbery while armed with a firearm and fail to comply with recognizance and the victim of the shooting and a 16-year-old teen, has been charged with robbery while armed with a firearm. His name cannot be released under the limitation's in Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act. [ [http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080917/080917_school_shooting_hm/20080917/?hub=CP24Home Two charged in connection with school shooting] www.cp24.com, Published September 17, 2008 ] [ [http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080917/shooting_arrests_080917/20080917/?hub=TorontoNewHome Alleged cellphone theft preceded school shooting] www.ctvtoronto.ca, Published September 17 2008 ] [ [http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_26961.aspx Wounded Teen One Of Two Arrested In Bendale School Shooting] www.citynews.ca, Published September 17 2008 ]

On September 18, 2008, Toronto Police have obtained judicial authorization to name a 16-year-old boy wanted in connection with the school shooting at Bendale Business and Technical Institute, The authorization expired on September 23, 2008, and the suspect was arrested on September 29, 2008, after a 16-year-old boy decided to turn himself in to Toronto Police, The boy whose name cannot be released under the conditions in Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act has been charged with numerous firearm-related offences, including:

* robbery while armed with a Firearm,
* discharging a firearm, endangering life,
* careless use of a firearm,
* pointing a firearm,
* possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized,
* Aggravated Assault,
* failure to appear in court and,
* failure to comply with a recognizance [ [http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080929/080929_bendale_arrest/20080929/?hub=CP24Home Young offender arrested in Bendale school shooting] www.cp24.com, Published September 30 2008 ]

ee also

*List of school related attacks

References