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 Lorreen Small, outside of her home, holds up a photo of a man she says did not take a shot at her the other night. He was just a bystander. (SUN MEDIA/Dave Thomas) |
A bullet took teenager Jordan Manners' life -- now seven shots just missed his mother and her two daughters, leaving the family once again shattered by a violence.
Manners' mom, Lorreen Small, and her two daughters survived a brazen murder attempt early Friday in the Jane St.-Shoreham Dr. area, the Sun has learned.
The shooting comes just 14 months after Small's 15-year-old son was shot at C.W. Jefferys high school.
Police stressed Friday's shooting is not connected to any previous shootings, including Manners' murder.
Outside her Shoreham Ct. townhouse yesterday, Small was hesitant to speak publicly about the shooting.
When asked if she was scared, she replied: "Of course."
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She said her daughters, both in their early 20s, were okay.
Shaking slightly as she talked, Small said she could feel the neighbourhood talking about the shooting and was concerned that police issued warrants for two men when only one of them shot at her.
Police announced Monday arrest warrants had been issued for Cameron Andre Richards, 31, and Jason "Jesse" Michael Johnson, 23, both of Toronto.
The men are wanted for attempted murder, possessing an unregistered restricted handgun and uttering death threats, police said.
Nearby residents cautioned Small not to speak to the media and she soon left, saying she was going to meet with her lawyer.
Courtney Betty, the family's lawyer, confirmed he had spoken with Small yesterday but said he didn't want to make any comments that interfered with the police investigation.
"It is unbelievable what could have happened," Betty said.
He said Small was "emotionally traumatized" by the incident and he advised her to move herself and her family out of the neighbourhood.
Det. Rick Ramjattan said officers are still hunting the two "armed and dangerous" men wanted in Friday's 4:30 a.m. shooting outside Small's home.
Yesterday police were examining surveillance footage from the scene and checking the last known addresses of the men.
Ramjattan said the shooting unfolded quickly.
He alleged one man fired while the other made a death threat.
"There was a disagreement, some words were exchanged and shots were fired," he alleged.
The women were offered police protection but refused it, Ramjattan said.
Officers recovered 9-mm bullet casings, he said.