Agency sued for murder by staff

Community Action, Sept 20, 2004

WINNIPEG -- he Aboriginal Centre of Winnipeg is facing a lawsuit filed by the family of an 11-year-old boy strangled in the basement of the building. Thomas Santiago McEvoy--who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder--is also named in the statement of claim.

The boy's family claims the centre failed "to take adequate steps, or any steps, when it was known or ought to have been known McEvoy was being targeted, taunted and humiliated by peers."

The suit also alleges the facility was negligent in allowing McEvoy to work at the centre and attend a power engineering class even though he had a prior Criminal record for assault.