CREBA KILLERS ROUNDED UP?

THE TORONTO STAR SAYS-
8 charged in Creba shooting
Jun. 13, 2006. 12:01 PM
CURTIS RUSH
STAFF REPORTER
Almost six months after 15-year-old Jane Creba
was killed while shopping on Yonge St. on Boxing
Day, police have arrested eight in connection with
the high-profile shooting.
Police rounded up the suspects in a series of early
morning raids around Toronto.
Toronto police Chief Bill Blair announced the arrests
at a press conference this morning.
In addition to the eight arrested, a warrant is out
for a man now in England and police will be seeking
an extradition order.
Another warrant has been issued for a young
offender.
Of the eight charged Tuesday, two adults and one
young offender have been charged with second-degree
murder and six counts of attempted murder.
Four adults and a young offender have also been
charged with manslaughter.
Seventeen others were arrested on drug and firearms
offences.
They will appear in court Wednesday.
Creba, a star athlete and top student in Grade 10 at
Riverdale Collegiate Institute, was shopping when she
was caught in the crossfire between two armed
groups of men who opened fire to settle a dispute.
Six others were also wounded in the shooting.
Within an hour of the shooting, police arrested
two men at Castle Frank subway station, but
neither was charged with killing Creba.
Andre Thompson, 20, and a 17-year-old who
cannot be identified by law, remain in custody
charged with firearms-related offences after
police seized a semi-automatic 9mm Ruger
handgun.
Police have revealed that a number of people
are under witness protection in connection with
the case.
Blair confirmed Tuesday morning that those
eight arrested belonged to two different
gangs or were associates of those gangs.
Two people who were injured in the gunfight
were among those charged, Blair said.
In March, after the case seemed to have gone
cold, police made what appeared to be a
breakthrough when they released six colour
photographs and video footage captured from
the Eaton Centre, the Toronto Transit
Commission, St. Michael's Hospital and
taxi companies.
The video showed a mystery man in a tan suit
at the Eaton Centre moments before the
shooting and later while admitting a wounded
man to hospital.
Police have told reporters that from viewing the
video, there were two groups of men who were
in "combative stances" in various locations
around the Eaton Centre that day.
Police say the shooting was preceded by a clash
inside the Eaton Centre that spilled onto Yonge
St.
On Tuesday, just before 5 a.m., police began
arresting people across the city and taking them
into 52 Division on Dundas St. W.
Police maintained they have been unable to say
what led to the feud on Boxing Day, but some
reports suggest it was something as minor as
one person knocking the hat off another.
Toronto police were under intense pressure to
lay charges in the case, in part because it occurred
in a public venue and involves a significant
number of witnesses and suspects.
In addition to screening massive amounts of
videotape, police interviewed more than 100
people.
Creba's parents, Virginia Barton and Bruce
Creba, have not commented publicly on the
case.
Jane Creba was the 78th homicide of the year in
Toronto