Canada- Josue Silva, 18, star student, Western U; fatally shot@ party, London, Ontario,31 July 2021

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Western University student Josue Silva, 18, died from a gunshot wound in hospital Saturday morning. The star athlete and student was at a gathering of youth near the intersection of Pack Road and Grand Oak Cross in the city’s southwest when he became the city's ninth homicide victim of the year. (Submitted photo)

Aug 2 2021
'SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMETHING': Grieving family of London, Ont. teen shot at party pleads for answers | Toronto Sun
''The family of a London teenager shot to death at a weekend party near Lambeth is pleading for help from anyone who knows anything about how the star student and athlete was killed.''

“We want your help,” Claudia Silva, the young man’s mother, told The London Free Press. “Somebody knows something.”
''An Ontario Scholar in high school, Josue Silva had just finished his first year of business studies at Western. He had spent the summer working two jobs, often six or seven days a week, in the construction industry and at Party City, where he’d been the employee of the month, his family said.

“He was an amazing human,” his grieving mother said.

“He was a loving, caring son, brother, friend. He was brilliant at school — he had honours every single year at high school,” she said, showing off dozens of her son’s awards and medals, including French and athlete-of-the-year awards.

“He had so many dreams; he had so many plans and he worked so hard every day to get there,” she said.''

''An Ontario Scholar in high school, Josue Silva had just finished his first year of business studies at Western. He had spent the summer working two jobs, often six or seven days a week, in the construction industry and at Party City, where he’d been the employee of the month, his family said.

“He was an amazing human,” his grieving mother said.

“He was a loving, caring son, brother, friend. He was brilliant at school — he had honours every single year at high school,” she said, showing off dozens of her son’s awards and medals, including French and athlete-of-the-year awards.

“He had so many dreams; he had so many plans and he worked so hard every day to get there,” she said.''

''Anyone with information is asked to call London police at 519-661-5670''

 

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Paramedics initially told shot London, Ont. teen was hit by firework: Dispatch call | Toronto Sun
''A teenager fatally shot at a weekend party in southwest London was first thought to have been hit by a firework, an emergency dispatch call reveals.

Emergency crews were called around 1:15 a.m. Saturday to a Pack Road address, near Lambeth, for a report of a male shot with a firework, causing a gash to his back and chest, according to the emergency dispatch reviewed by The Free Press.''

''The shooting is the 16th case of gunfire in London this year – up from 14 in all of 2020 – and the city’s first fatal shooting in 2021.

In response to the increase in gun violence, London police created a task force in March, drawing on investigators, crime analysts and front-line officers to focus on gun violence and the prevalence of firearms.''

 

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Aug 7 2021
Two London men charged in deadly bush party shooting | Toronto Sun
''London police have charged two more young people in the death of a teenager who was shot at a bush party in the city’s southwest last weekend.

Dylan Schapp, 19, and Carlos Guerra Guerra, 20, both of London, are charged with second-degree murder in the the July 31 killing of 18-year-old Josue Silva, police said Saturday. Both men are also charged with assault with a weapon.''

''The announcement comes one day after police laid the same charges against Emily Altmann, 19, who was ordered to be held in custody on Friday until her next court appearance on Monday.

Schapp and Guerra were arrested Friday night and appeared in court Saturday, a police spokesperson said.''

 

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Thrown drink led to fatal London, Ont. bush-party shooting: Crown

The trial of two people charged in the 2021 shooting death of a Western University student began Wednesday after five jurors were replaced.

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Oct 17 2024

Western University student Josue Silva, 18, died from a gunshot wound in hospital on July 31, 2021. (Submitted)
“Tell everyone to keep their (expletive) mouths shut,” the text read. “If he dies, you already know what time it is.”
“If anyone in your group snitched, you know what’s going to happen to them.”
By then, Altmann and her friends were back at their cars after running away after Altmann had summoned Carlos Guerra Guerra and his friends to the party to settle the score that started at a bonfire with a thrown drink.''

''Mildred said during a search of a crime scene, the police found a machete midway up the path in a bush, a nine-millimetre bullet casing near what appeared to be blood and a COVID mask that was found to have DNA that was a close match to Guerra Guerra. Another machete was found in Guerra Guerra’s vehicle.''

Carlos Guerra Guerra, left, and Emily Altmann are both seen leaving the London courthouse on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (Photos by Derek Ruttan/The London Free Press)

 

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Oct 24 2024

Witness holds firm under defence questioning at bush-party murder trial

As hard as he tried, Emily Altmann’s defence lawyer couldn’t get Rachel Johnson to admit she was in a Snapchat video on her best friend’s phone.

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''A woman with blonde hair wearing a white shirt can be heard laughing and making a comment to Restrepo: “Wait a sec. No, I can’t.”
Defence lawyer Nathan Gorham has argued the video is evidence of cyberbullying, something he said Altmann has experienced repeatedly and the video was made to humiliate Altmann and her friends.

He kept suggesting to Johnson she was part of the bullying that occurred before Western University student Josue Silva, 18, was shot to death on July 31, 2021 and that the blonde woman in the video was her.

Not so, Johnson insisted, and later the jury saw evidence to prove her point.''