Yogi
08-28-2005, 10:55 AM
Turns out he was less than a saint......
DELROY "SPLOOGLE" Daring's slaying was the result of a jailhouse death contract issued by a drug rival who he helped send to prison, sources say.
Daring, gunned down in a crowded Scarborough courtyard Thursday, was the target of two previous unsuccessful hits, including a botched shooting, community sources said.
The death of the father of 10 is expected to bring a new wave of gun violence to the city as the Markham and Eglinton Boys, to which Daring belonged, go after his killer, sources warned.
LEADING DEALER
Daring, 41, was considered among the leading drug dealers, earning enough from crime proceeds to build a large home in his native Jamaica, sources said.
He was shot four times outside a housing project in the Eglinton Ave. E. and Markham Rd. area in a hail of gunfire that sent up to 20 people scrambling for cover. There have been no arrests.
"He was being stalked by gunmen," one gang source said yesterday. "He was warned of the contract a number of times."
Daring had a criminal record dating to 1986, five years after moving to Canada from Jamaica at age 17, police sources said.
He had been ordered deported from Canada for being here illegally, but was granted a stay by an immigration board, police said.
He had began providing police information about three weeks ago in a bid to jail rival dealers, sources said. That led to the arrest of a leader of the rival Markham-Eglinton Crew, gang sources said.
It was that man who issued the murder contract on Daring from the Don jail, sources said.
The contract was made a priority after Daring held an anti-gun barbecue and children's sports day Aug. 7, at which gang members suspected he was co-operating with police and "naming names," sources said.
Homicide squad Det. John Biggerstaff said there were other attempts on Daring's life, including one in which shots were fired at his barbecue.
"He was a target," Biggerstaff said. "This person has a history of violence and a history of drugs."
Police found 12 "dime bags" of pot in his pockets after his murder.
Biggerstaff stressed Daring was not an anti-gun or anti-violence activist.
"This is an untruth," he said yesterday. "The activities that brought him to the courtyard are inconsistent with someone who is against gun violence."
http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2005/08/28/1191263-sun.html
DELROY "SPLOOGLE" Daring's slaying was the result of a jailhouse death contract issued by a drug rival who he helped send to prison, sources say.
Daring, gunned down in a crowded Scarborough courtyard Thursday, was the target of two previous unsuccessful hits, including a botched shooting, community sources said.
The death of the father of 10 is expected to bring a new wave of gun violence to the city as the Markham and Eglinton Boys, to which Daring belonged, go after his killer, sources warned.
LEADING DEALER
Daring, 41, was considered among the leading drug dealers, earning enough from crime proceeds to build a large home in his native Jamaica, sources said.
He was shot four times outside a housing project in the Eglinton Ave. E. and Markham Rd. area in a hail of gunfire that sent up to 20 people scrambling for cover. There have been no arrests.
"He was being stalked by gunmen," one gang source said yesterday. "He was warned of the contract a number of times."
Daring had a criminal record dating to 1986, five years after moving to Canada from Jamaica at age 17, police sources said.
He had been ordered deported from Canada for being here illegally, but was granted a stay by an immigration board, police said.
He had began providing police information about three weeks ago in a bid to jail rival dealers, sources said. That led to the arrest of a leader of the rival Markham-Eglinton Crew, gang sources said.
It was that man who issued the murder contract on Daring from the Don jail, sources said.
The contract was made a priority after Daring held an anti-gun barbecue and children's sports day Aug. 7, at which gang members suspected he was co-operating with police and "naming names," sources said.
Homicide squad Det. John Biggerstaff said there were other attempts on Daring's life, including one in which shots were fired at his barbecue.
"He was a target," Biggerstaff said. "This person has a history of violence and a history of drugs."
Police found 12 "dime bags" of pot in his pockets after his murder.
Biggerstaff stressed Daring was not an anti-gun or anti-violence activist.
"This is an untruth," he said yesterday. "The activities that brought him to the courtyard are inconsistent with someone who is against gun violence."
http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2005/08/28/1191263-sun.html