By Canadian Press

B.C. court declares mistrial in shooting deaths of teenager bystander and gangster

Sep 10, 2024 | 5:39 PM

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has declared a mistrial in the case of Kane Carter, who was accused of murdering a gang member and an innocent teenager who was passing by in his parents’ vehicle.

The jury came back Tuesday saying it was deadlocked after five days of deliberations in Carter’s trial.

He was charged with the second-degree murders of 15-year-old Alfred Wong and 23-year-old Kevin Whiteside after they were killed in an exchange of gunfire along Vancouver’s busy Broadway avenue in January 2018.

The Crown told the jury that Carter was protecting a gang associate at a nearby restaurant when he began shooting, killing both Whiteside and Wong.

Carter’s defence lawyer, Richard Fowler, told jurors there were significant gaps in time in the Crown’s theory of what happened that day.

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The jurors could not reach a unanimous decision and now prosecutors must decide whether to try Carter for a second time.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 10, 2024.

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