

Paul Johnston , cp24.com





A trio of Toronto city councillors are set to announce new funding initiatives for a community in Scarborough tomorrow afternoon.

Scarborough councillors Michael Thompson, Ron Moeser and Paul Ainslie will announce funding for “resident-developed” initiatives in the Danzig Street community on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. at city hall.

Gene Jones of Toronto Community Housing and Akanimo Udofia of Desicon Group will also be on hand for the announcement.

A dollar amount, or the specific initiatives that the money will fund, has not been disclosed ahead of Wednesday’s announcement.

The announcement comes less than a week after police announced two people had been charged in connection with the mass shooting in the neighbourhood that left two dead and injured dozens others in mid-July.

On Thursday, police announced that Nahom Tsegazab had been charged with two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the case.

Tsegazab was also charged with attempted murder and 22 counts of aggravated assault.

A day later, on Friday, police said a 17-year-old male was facing a number of charges, including two counts of second-degree murder, in connection with the shooting.

Earlier in November, police charged Shaquan Mesquito, 18, with two counts of first-degree murder for his alleged role in the block party shootout which killed 14-year-old Shyanne Charles and 23-year-old Joshua Yasay.