Mistrial declared in case of gang shooting that killed Vancouver teen
Posted September 10, 2024 6:53 pm.
Last Updated September 10, 2024 6:55 pm.
A B.C. Supreme Court Judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a man who was arrested and charged after an innocent 15-year-old boy was shot and killed by a stray bullet in Vancouver six years ago.
Twenty-six-year-old Kane Carter was arrested in Ontario two years ago in connection with the double murder that killed Alfred Wong.
Police believed Carter, who was involved in gang life, was out to shoot a rival who was having dinner at a restaurant near Broadway and Ontario Street in Mount Pleasant on Jan. 13, 2018.
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.
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.
The jurors could not reach a unanimous decision and now prosecutors must decide whether to try Carter for a second time.
-With files from Nikitha Martins.
