Thursday, November 07, 2013

Police Make Arrest in 2009 Christopher Skinner Murder

Four years after a simple brush of a hand on a passing car may have cost Christopher Skinner his life, police say they have arrested one man for his death.
 
Agustin Caruso, 23, of Etobicoke, was arrested Wednesday and charged with second-degree murder.
Skinner, 27, was trying to hail a cab after celebrating his younger sister’s birthday in the Entertainment District on Oct. 18, 2009, when he was punched and kicked by as many as five men and run over by a black Ford Explorer SUV, according to police.
 
Skinner was found lying in the middle of the road at Adelaide and Victoria Sts. clinging to life around 3 a.m. and would later die in hospital.
 
Police allege Caruso was driving the SUV with four men and two women inside and intentionally drove over Skinner, Det.-Sgt. Stacy Gallant said Thursday at a news conference filled with Skinner’s friends and family. Caruso was 19 at the time and is not known to police. He appeared in court today.(keep reading)

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