A coroner’s inquest is set to begin on Friday in Toronto into the police shooting death of a distraught teen on an empty streetcar more than 10 years ago.
The inquest will look into the circumstances surrounding the death of Sammy Yatim, 18, on July 27, 2013. The presiding jury may make recommendations aimed at preventing further deaths.
Yatim was shot several times by James Forcillo, a Toronto police constable at the time, while holding a small knife and standing alone on the streetcar on Dundas Street West west of Bathurst Street. Cellphone footage of the shooting posted online set off a wave of public
