17-Year-Old High School Student Adrian Ducas Shot Dead
July 5th, 2010 - 8:24 pm ICT by GDBy Madhuri Dey
July 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Seventeen-year-old high school student Adrian Ducas from Mississauga was shot dead while he was taking a break from an ongoing basketball game at the Malton Community center according to the Peel Regional police. The incident occurred at around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday evening when a fight broke out that involve three other men. The investigators mentioned to media sources that the three suspected criminals involved with the shooting had walked into the basketball court of Malton community center just before the incident happened and had nothing to do with the game.
Around 30 people were present in the center when the accident occurred. The Peel Regional police officers after their arrival at the situation found Adrian Ducas with life threatening wounds and he was pronounced dead shortly afterwards. Peel Const. J.P. Valade said to media sources that it is very difficult to find out the accurate information like who were there and what they saw exactly. However, he maintained that the police are gathering information by talking to others.
Since the police have been able to gather not much information as of yet of the suspected murderers, it is going for extensive questioning of the eyewitnesses. They are also questioning people who were found leaving the Malton Community Center by eye witnesses just after the incident.
The incident has left the family of the high school student shocked and shattered. Tracy Ducas the elder sister of Adrian Ducas remembered her brother as a kid “that loved to smile. He was always happy”. She also added that her brother was a “real sports guy”.
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