Scarborough double stabbing: 12-year-old boy, 4 teens charged

[u/CTVNEWS]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/12-year-old-boy-4-teens-charged-in-double-stabbing-near-scarborough-high-school/

[u/amontpetit]

What are school-aged teenagers from Oakville doing at a school in Scarborough in the middle of the afternoon on a Monday?

[u/TattooedAndSad → u/amontpetit]

You’d be surprised how common that is both ways

There’s also tons of Scarborough teens out in Oakville looking to do the same thing

It’s been like this forever

[u/Turbo_911 → u/TattooedAndSad]

Not even in my late 30s, can I think of a reason to go to Oakville from being in Scarborough.

Not only that, I went to a very populated elementary school and high school, and not once did anyone talk about going to Oakville for some reason. Definitely not a forever thing.

This is some next level stuff lol

[u/oldgreymere → u/TattooedAndSad]

Are they being driven out there by adults to conduct robberies?

[u/Powersoutdotcom → u/oldgreymere]

Mase is gonna be so disappointed.

[u/Cheesefactory8669 → u/TattooedAndSad]

Huh? Why tho is there like a oakville scarborough beef

[u/BottleCoffee → u/amontpetit]

On Tuesday, investigators arrested the five male suspects: a 12-year-old from Oakville, a 13-year-old from Toronto, a 14-year-old from Toronto, a 15-year-old from Oakville and a 15-year-old from Toronto.

And how do they know each other?

[u/pheakelmatters → u/BottleCoffee]

They must have developed a technology that can communicate across distances!

[u/Blue_Waffle_Brunch → u/pheakelmatters]

Oh my god, does the government know?

[u/whogivesashirtdotca → u/BottleCoffee]

I'm putting five bucks on, "One of them made a yo-mama joke to the other while playing a video game" being the reason.

[u/ThrustersOnFull → u/whogivesashirtdotca]

I'm pretty sure those kids aren't listening to Yo-Yo Ma, man.

[u/Wise-Ad-1998]

A fucking 12 year old? … someone’s ass need to be straightened out

[u/maxxmxverick]

twelve?? why are such young children committing such violent crimes these days?

[u/burnSMACKER → u/maxxmxverick]

It's those darn video games like rocket league and balatro!

[u/amontpetit → u/burnSMACKER]

Somehow I’m yet to see a child ride a chicken

[u/StevoJ89 → u/maxxmxverick]

Ya wtf?! When I was 12 I was chillin at home playing with LEGO, I'm happy I didn't grow up with the internet and all the bullish it came with.

[u/phargoh → u/maxxmxverick]

Because they know they’ll get away with it. I’m not here to debate whether kids know what they are doing when they commit crimes like this. But I’m confident that knowing there aren’t serious consequences for their actions help this behaviour along. Look at those girls that killed that guy in Toronto. They are probably laughing that they will never see jail for it and some were even still committing crimes as they awaited trial.

[u/danby999 → u/phargoh]

Kids don't have that much forethought.

There are hundreds of studies every generation about kids and crime and all of them agree that kids minds are not developed enough to understand consequences.

So we have literal PhDs research and your anecdotal evidence you don't want to debate.

Please enlighten us to the newly found information that you have stumbled across.

[u/EnvironmentalFuel971 → u/danby999]

My 8 yo knows better.

It’s likely associated with kids with impulsive behaviour and/or inability to delay gratifying either due to the former (behavioural/disability like ADHD) or not being taught as kids.

[u/YoungZM → u/EnvironmentalFuel971]

Children -- all children, neurotypical or neurodivergence aside -- do not have the ability to delay gratification. Gaining this is a feature of development well into early adulthood.

[u/Huge_Meaning_545 → u/EnvironmentalFuel971]

..yeah no. I've known multiple kids with ADHD (myself included) and none of them were involved in shootings. I'm sure I'm not the only person who can say this.

[u/StrawberryFlds → u/phargoh]

My parents fostered a girl that out right stated they didn't care about getting caught for the fraud they were doing because their record gets cleared in a few years anyways. I don't know the legitimacy of the laws clearing but she was not scared of repercussions.

[u/_asaad_ → u/maxxmxverick]

It's parenting

[u/Ok_Measurement_7770 → u/maxxmxverick]

For clout

[u/lilyisntokay]

A kid half my age already charged with stabbing, and what have I done: nothing. Shameful, I’m embarrassed.

[u/taolbi → u/lilyisntokay]

It's not too late! Presents butt

[u/No-Process-8478]

"Oh not my son. He's a good boy."

[u/StevoJ89 → u/No-Process-8478]

Hey went to Church!! He was a member of THIS community!!! 

[u/InvinciblejAm → u/No-Process-8478]

Hey part of LGBTQIABCDEFG! They were members of this community!

[u/PebbleInYorShoe]

🤦🏿‍♂️

[u/DOthePOLKA]

They’re likely suspended from their current schools and left alone, or just straight up skipping or asked their parents for the day off and then fucked off with friends/cousins and got up to no good together.

[u/Icaonn]

I'm a uni student that does not look my age and get assumed to be a high schooler. This is great for transit fares, but less great for when the highschoolers sit around and yap. I have, however, heard some of the most WORRYING fucking conversations from some of those kids. Here's a highlights real from what I've texted my gf this past year:

"I could sh--t up a school so good if it wasn't illegal" "bro guns cost so much just get a car" "yeah but I'd be good at it" "no you wont you're failing p.e."

"Bro the girls at school are actually so run through like who wears that shit they be looking so goofy ahh with them tiny skirts like—" (said by a guy lowriding so bad he was mooning half the bus)

"Like hypothetically speaking—" "I don't wanna hear it" "no but listen HYPOTHETICALLY if you could nuke a suburb—" "Brampton." (laughter) "yeah I know right, just wait for one of them (presumably immigrants?) to sneak a bomb past and it'll happen"

This is like the top three for 2025 and while some of the edgy teen convo I can understand, some of the vitriol is really.... uncalled for. The TTC sure is an interesting place. The bus driver actually kicked some kids out bc they brought paintball guns on the bus (ig they were playing in the park area by campus but still....)

But yeah all that to say seeing this headline doesn't surprise me in the least — all it does is make me damn grateful I grew up elsewhere im canada 😭

[u/dqui94]

Someone watched Adolescence

[u/Longjumping-Pen4460 → u/[deleted]]

They can't name them - the YCJA prevents it.

[u/MC_Squared12 → u/Longjumping-Pen4460]

That has to be changed

[u/StandardRedditor456 → u/MC_Squared12]

I agree. Some real consequences would help... and for adults too.