The man found to have driven the getaway car in the daylight shooting of an up-and-coming Toronto rapper in 2020 has been sentenced to life, with no chance of parole for 15 years.
On Friday, Superior Court Justice Brian O’Mara handed the decision down to Cjay Hobbs for his role in theIn the years before his death, Jenkins had gained substantial success, along with an online following, through his music.
At the time, Jenkins and three associates were walking down Blue Jays Way near King Street when surveillance footage released by police shows a Volkswagen Tiguan make a sudden U-turn, and someone started shooting. He left his parents' home in Nova Scotia at the age of 17 and, from that point on, “supported himself through the sale of drugs and other criminal activity,” O’Mara read.
During victim impact statements, heard in a December appearance, several family members of Jenkins spoke of the lasting impact his death has had on them. At this time, Hobbs is also facing another, separate first-degree murder charge in connection with the 2020 death of 12-year-old Dante Andreatta Marroqui, who was struck by a bullet while walking with his mother along a North York sidewalk.Man accused of using loopholes in ServiceOntario procedures in 'large-scale crime' involving 100+ vehicles