Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for 2022 Double Homicide Inside Vaughan Nightclub
Police said the shooting followed an altercation inside the club and left two security guards dead, with a woman injured and hospitalized.
- On Friday, a judge sentenced Kensworth Alton Francis to two concurrent life sentences for first-degree murder and an additional eight years for unlawfully causing bodily harm from a 2022 shooting at the ATL Lounge in Vaughan.
- York Regional Police reported the shooting occurred in early morning hours at the ATL Lounge, with a targeted altercation killing security guards Tosin Amos-Arowoshegbe, 25, and Chibueze Momah, 22.
- Following the shooting, police issued a Canada-wide warrant for Francis, of Mississauga, Ont., and the United States Marshals Service arrested him in Hartford, Connecticut, in March 2024 before extradition to York Region.
- Francis will serve all sentences concurrently with no eligibility for parole for 25 years; a 20-year-old woman injured in the shooting survived while two security guards were killed.
- A jury trial found Francis guilty of two counts of first-degree murder; the attempted murder charge was downgraded to unlawfully causing bodily harm, resulting in the concurrent sentences.
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Man sentenced to life in prison for 2022 Vaughan, Ont., double homicide: police
Police in York Region say a man has been sentenced to life in prison in a 2022 shooting in Vaughan, Ont., that left two people dead and another injured.
Man convicted in double homicide at Vaughan nightclub sentenced to life in custody
31-year-old man gets two life sentences for first-degree murder, with no eligibility for parole for 25 years, plus eight years for unlawfully causing bodily harm, to be served concurrently
Man who fatally shot 2 security guards at Vaughan nightclub sentenced to life in prison
A man convicted of fatally shooting two security guards and injuring a woman at a Vaughan nightclub in 2022 was sentenced on Friday to two concurrent life sentences for first-degree murder, and an additional eight years for unlawfully causing bodily harm. According to York Regional Police, Kensworth Alton Francis, 31, opened fire at the ATL Lounge at 2220 Highway 7 West in the early morning hours of July 23, 2022. Two security guards, later iden…
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