Man pushed children out of way before he was shot

The Globe and Mail Thursday 1st September, 2011

Moments before a Toronto man died in a hail of bullets at a big weekend barbecue he saw the danger coming and hustled several children out of harm’s way, police and the man’s relatives said.Jermaine Smith, 28, was killed Saturday night during a community get-together on Dundas Street West, at a public housing complex near Scarlett Road ...

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