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It’s with deep sadness to find out that d’Youville Football has tragically lost one of our brothers to senseless gun violence last night. Jordan Henry was a quiet young man who was well respected by his coaches for the strong work ethic he brought to the field everyday. RIP 😔💔 pic.twitter.com/pcvmkWw43m — dY Football (@dYFootball) January 2, 2020

Peel Regional Police arrested Zakaria Hassan, a 22 year-old man from Hamilton, on Thursday and charged him with first-degree murder.

His girlfriend — Rukhshar Wahab, a 20 year-old woman from Kitchener — was also arrested and charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder.

The two accused appeared briefly in court and remain in custody awaiting their next court date on Jan. 29 when they are expected to appear via video.

After the proceeding, tempers flared outside the courtroom as a young man in attendance to support one of the accused and another female relative of the victim got into a heated argument. Court officers had to step in to stop the encounter from becoming physical.

“This is a really difficult time for our family,” Henry’s sister later said. “And I want the people to know that are inside that courthouse, that are defending these kids, my brother is an innocent child.”

“I want these people to know, and I want their parents to know, I want you to know how it feels, how my mother is grieving, how it hurts,” she said, shaking. “Put yourself in her position, as if it were your child that lost their life.

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“No innocent child deserves to get killed because of ignorance, because you’re cowards (who) want to use a gun,” the sister added.

She said her brother was looking forward to his prom, graduation, learning to drive and pursuing post-secondary studies with an eye to becoming a paramedic.

And she hopes he will be remembered for his kind heart and sense of humour.