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The victim is said to have been a good young man who was not known to police.

His family is devastated by the murder.

Nicholas Mahabir seemed to only take one glance into the back of the courtroom where his clearly shaken father, Omar, who came to the court by bus, was seated.

Bornfreund agreed to speak to the media on the father’s behalf and expressed his own personal sympathy for the “tragic” death of Driver-Martin. The lawyer said he is waiting for more information from police before being able to comment further, saying, “I don’t know how police came up with his name.”

But Peel homicide detectives seemed to be onto their suspects very early — hence the first arrest with no incident just 15 hours after the boy’s body was found. Then, with the quick turning in of a second family member.

Photo by Ernest Doroszuk / Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun/Postmedia

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Even with this first arrest, Mississauga is still reeling from the death of a teenage boy — Peel Region’s 25th murder of 2018. Grief counsellors were at Clarkson Secondary School offering assistance.

While the suffering family of Driver-Martin decide whether or not to release his photograph, as well as talk about his life, compassionate Mayor Bonnie Crombie stepped up to help console a grieving family and a shocked and heart-broken city.

“My heart goes out to the family and friends of the young teen whose life was senselessly cut short on Friday,” she said.

“I would like to thank the dedicated officers from Peel Regional Police for quickly responding to the scene, actively investigating and ultimately apprehending a suspect in this case. It is my hope that whoever is responsible faces the full weight of the justice system.”

Two brothers born on the same day are before the courts charged with the murder of the same boy, six years their junior.

jwarmington@postmedia.com