Man On Trial For Murder After Gunfight Outside Leslieville Safe Injection Site

At nan opening time of nan proceedings for Damian Hudson, charged pinch nan second-degree execution of 44-year-old Caroline Huebner-Makurat, nan assemblage heard it is an agreed truth that Hudson fired nan slug that killed her.

Crown charismatic Michael Wilson said successful his opening reside that connected July 7, 2023, arsenic Huebner-Makurat was going to meet a friend for lunch, she was struck by a bullet.

The slug was fired arsenic 3 supplier dealers engaged successful a fight, 2 equipped pinch guns conscionable metres away. Wilson told nan jury, a gunfight collapsed retired aft 1 of nan dealers was robbed.

“The slug penetrated her near broadside of her abdomen, done her liver and kidney and punctured her aorta. She collapsed. Bystanders rushed in. Despite their champion efforts, she died,” said Wilson speaking of Huebner-Makurat, a joined mother of 2 young daughters.

It happened connected Queen Street East astatine Carlaw Avenue adjacent a safe injection tract for supplier users that was operating astatine nan time, retired of nan main level of nan South Riverdale Community Health Centre.

The assemblage was told nan safe injection tract offered a spot for users of forbidden narcotics to spell and usage safe supplies, nether aesculapian supervision. The tract did not supply forbidden drugs.

“Unfortunately, that created an opportunity for supplier users to return advantage of nan dependable watercourse of users. What resulted, successful effect, was an open-air supplier marketplace successful nan courtyard straight westbound of nan safe injection site,” Wilson explained. “In that courtyard, supplier dealers peddled their narcotics to users. Damian Hudson was 1 of those supplier dealers.”

The assemblage was told successful nan days starring up to nan shooting, Hudson was robbed and had discussed nan robbery pinch a safe injection tract worker named Khalila Mohammed. Mohammed monitored users astatine nan tract to guarantee they didn’t overdose and worked astir nan site, including nan courtyard. It’s present she interacted pinch users and dealers.

“In and astir July 2022, she met Damian Hudson aft he obtained her telephone number erstwhile a supplier personification utilized her telephone to telephone him,” Wilson said.

“He began texting her, asking him to link him pinch users, to thief him waste drugs,” Wilson added.

The Crown told nan assemblage connected July 4, 2023, Mohammed and different trader named Ahmed Ibrahim observed Hudson pacing backmost and forth, glaring. Later that night, Mohammed received a matter connection from Hudson successful which Hudson called Ibrahim “a good” suggesting that she was moving for his opposition, calling him a “wiz from Teasdale.”

Wilsom told nan assemblage Ahmed Ibrahim had an subordinate named Ahmed Ali. He said safe injection tract workers will attest they saw nan 2 men moving together. Both men lived connected a thoroughfare successful Scarborough called Teasdale Place.

“Mohammed didn’t person this connection from Damian Hudson that night. She saw it nan pursuing time She responded to Damian Hudson if he had thing to say, she should opportunity it to his face,” Wilson explained, saying Mohammed is expected to attest during nan trial.

The adjacent matter connection Wilson said Mohammed received from Hudson said “hang pinch my opps, you gonna dice pinch ’em.”

On July 5, Wilsom said Mohammed said to Ibrahim and told him astir nan texts and gave Ibrahim Hudson’s telephone number. That night, nan 2 men had a matter speech which started pinch Ibrahim denying he was from Teasdale, saying he was from Blake Street.

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Hudson past told Ibrahim successful a matter message, penning “I don’t attraction astir jailhouse aliases cameras, buddy robbed me.” When Ibrahim asked who robbed Hudson, he responded, “The wiz kid from Teasdale.”

The adjacent matter from Hudson, which Wilson showed to nan jury, read, “I don’t request to plan, I’ll up it connected site.”

“That building ‘I’ll up it connected site’ intends to propulsion a gun,” said Wilson.

The Crown charismatic explained that Ibrahim and Hudson continued their matter speech pinch Hudson accepting Ibrahim was not from Teasdale, had thing to do pinch nan robbery and did not cognize who nan “wiz kid” was.

After that night, Hudson had a further speech pinch Mohammed, successful which he wrote she was moving pinch Ibrahim to group him up to beryllium robbed. He past wrote to her, “I’m nan caller captain,” said Wilson.

Wilson said Mohammed is expected to attest that intends “I’m nan caller supplier dealer.”

On July 7, Wilson told nan jury, Ali and Ibrahim sewage into a conflict connected Queen Street pinch Hudson and “were intent connected taking nan satchel that Damian Hudson was wearing connected his chest.”

A number of workers witnessed nan struggle which ended pinch Hudson being robbed, Wilson explained.

Derek Venman, a harm simplification worker astatine nan South Riverdale Community Health Centre, testified he witnessed nan nighttime betwixt 3 men who were wrestling.

“I judge I saw 1 feline hitting nan different feline successful nan head. The 1 feline sewage away, ran further down nan street. I started filming. I saw only 1 feline pinch a weapon originally. They were fighting complete a bag. I was a spot obscured by a character and past each of a sudden, nan different feline had a gun. The adjacent point you know, shots were fired and a female sewage hit,” said Venman.

Hudson has pleaded not blameworthy to second-degree murder. The proceedings continues.