One of the victims of a shootout in Chinatown is a pal of known gangster Jackie Tran.

One of the victims of a shootout in Chinatown on Sunday is a pal of known gangster Jackie Tran.While police have said that all the people involved were members of gangs, Shaun Roberts has a little bigger connection.He's the one who stood up for Tran at a detention review hearing at the end of October.He told the immigration officials that a man mistaken for Tran in a car was actually him, not Tran as a police officer had testified.Four people have been charged in Sunday's gunplay.Sources said one of the victims struck with bullets during the shooting is Shaun Roberts, who stuck up for Tran at a detention review hearing against allegations he breached curfew Oct. 25.
Though a constable testified Tran was the man in an SUV he spoke to while investigating a fight in Kensington that day, Roberts told the detention review hearing police mistook him for his friend. Police said Tran, who was released from custody Saturday pending his ongoing deportation hearings, was not involved in Sunday's shooting in Chinatown but that he is associated to one of the two groups that were. Cops charged four people, including another friend of Tran's, 23-year-old Daniel Landry, with four counts of attempted murder and causing bodily harm with intent in connection to the shooting. Also charged are Marcel Landry, 25, Chantha Kim, 31, and a 17-year-old male who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Acting Insp. Grant Miller said those involved in the shooting are known gang members, and further arrests and charges are possible.

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