Safiullah Khosrawi, who was killed Monday, is the fourth homicide victim of 2020 and the first teenager. Seven teens were murdered in Toronto last year.

Aseel Yehya, 18, was shot on Elmhurst Dr. near Redwater Dr. in Etobicoke on Jan. 9, 2019, after police said a dark-coloured vehicle approached him and gunshots were heard. According to police, Yehya attempted to run away but was shot. The driver fled. Yehya’s former teacher, Ross Murray, said he would remember him as a promising and well-liked young man. He was a talented musician who was developing a reputation as a gifted singer and writer of rap lyrics, Murray said.

Nicklus McKain, 18, was shot near Kipling Ave. and Albion Rd. in Rexdale on Feb. 24. He died in hospital. Police said a 19-year-old man was also shot and seriously injured but survived. In February, police appealed to anyone with dash-cam video who was travelling in the area between the hours of 1:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. that day.

Brendon Bowler, 17, was stabbed near Sir Wilfrid Laurier C.I. high school near Guildwood Pkwy. and Livingston Rd. on May 6. Emmett Carew, 18, and Cheddi Itwaroo, 20, both of Toronto, were charged with second-degree murder. Bowler was a student at the high school, Toronto District School Board spokesperson Ryan Bird confirmed to the Star at the time.

Jaydin Simpson, 17, was shot in a parking lot near Danzig St. and Morningside Ave. in Scarborough on June 28. Known as Juicy J to friends, he was described as sweet and sunny, and was one of seven siblings. He was a recent graduate of Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute, loved basketball, and planned on attending George Brown College. “He was such a good boy, a good son, kind to everyone, go out of his way to help people,” said his father, Chris Elliott.

Hanad Abdullahi Ali, 16, was shot at Falstaff Ave. near Jane St. around 1 a.m. on Aug. 1. “I don’t know why they killed my son. They killed an innocent child,” his mother, Hodan Abdullahi Ali, told the Star. “He loved his brothers. He listened to me. He loved to play,” she said. At a meeting following his death, members of a community around a trio of Toronto Community Housing buildings on Falstaff Ave. expressed disappointment at how police and security organizations have treated them in the past.

Matthew Dreaver, 16, was deliberately run down by a driver near East York Memorial Arena on Oct. 7 at about 2 a.m. Police say Dreaver and a 14-year-old friend were hanging out near the corner of Woodbine Ave. and O’Connor Dr. when they got into an altercation with two men in a parked SUV. The men first pursued the two boys on foot, then in the SUV. The driver of the SUV mounted the curb and intentionally ran over Dreaver as he fled toward a community centre, according to police. They later released graphic footage of the incident in an attempt to help catch the driver.

Firdous Nabizada, 19, of Toronto, was stabbed at a party at a fraternity house in the Annex, near the University of Toronto’s downtown campus, on Halloween. He died in hospital two days later. Jacob Alves, 19, of no fixed address, and a 15-year-old girl from Richmond Hill were each charged with three counts of aggravated assault, three counts of assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for dangerous purposes and attempted murder. Alves’s charges were upgraded to second-degree murder after Nabizada died. Nabizada was humble, hard-working and a talented soccer player who dreamed of going pro, according to friends. He “had big dreams” said Basir Ghousi, 26, who used to play soccer with him. “He was a young guy. He shouldn’t have gone.”

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