Eric Boateng, 21, was fatally shot in Toronto on the afternoon of October 21, 2007. Police were called about 3:30 p.m. to 13 Simpson Avenue after officers found him outside a residence suffering from gunshot wounds; emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. His death was recorded as Toronto’s 70th homicide of 2007.

Boateng had been visiting an inmate at the nearby Don Jail shortly before the shooting. Witnesses described him being confronted by an armed person, chased onto Simpson Avenue and then struck as he reached a nearby lawn. From early in the investigation police considered the attack possibly targeted rather than random. Witnesses gave a description of a suspect in his twenties, medium build, about 5 feet 8 inches to 6 feet tall wearing a shiny or puffy black bomber-style jacket, dark baggy pants and a dark hat. An SUV was seen leaving the area, and investigators released a possible vehicle description: a blue Buick Rendezvous with silver trim, tinted windows and an Ontario plate possibly beginning BCDA.

Boateng had previously been arrested during the probe into the December 26, 2005 Yonge Street shooting but was not charged in that shooting; court records list outstanding weapons and drug-related allegations against him at the time of his death.

Did anyone on the forum have contacts, memories or information about the area around Broadview and Gerrard on October 21, 2007?