Toronto Homicide #62 & #69 – 15-year-old Jack Meldrum, dies from a stab wound / Kristopher Quiroz-Brown dies in hospital

Toronto police were called to the area of 235 Sherway Gardens Road. on August 18th at approximately 9:43pm on report of a stabbing.

Police arrived to find 2 boys suffering from stab wounds. The victims were rushed to hospital where 15-year-old Jack Meldrum died of his injuries.

Police arrested a 15-year-old boy whose name cannot be released under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The accused has been charged with Second Degree Murder.

The 2018 Toronto Homicide Victim List is available here.

Update August 30th
Kristopher Quiroz-Brown, 19, of Toronto, the second victim of the August 18th stabbing, died in hospital on August 29th.