Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 25, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Inside Story Winnipeg free press july what was he doing out at 2 slain boy Well looked after9 mom by Tony Davis staff reporter on radio talk on to at the other end of reporters it was the question everyone seemed to want to know what was Joseph Spence doing outside at 2 Sun Day when he was shot dead some said he must have been from a broken others suggested he must have been up to no this happens All Over the said his Nancy go to the Maples late at or Down Tuxedo its the it just happened that on the night he was he was out Hes usually in by 11 or Joseph had overstayed his Wel come while visiting a and the friends grandmother had asked him to go it was just a Short walk to his Laforte Joseph alternated living at his aunt Rose spences House and his grandparents Home Laforte and Hus band Stanley Spence split when Joseph was but that didst mean he was from what most peo ple think of As a broken she he was very Well looked and he was Well loved by every she police say the number of kids out late at night is charged with murder its an element that we Are frustrated youth division Ken Biener moms and where Are your kids but Biener said it int just an intercity in satisfied this is happening All but its the element of risk for kids that is lets face there Are a lot of crusty things happening in the Core area after there Are several reasons for an increase in the number of kids hanging out late at said who teaches criminology at red River Community among them is the Sharp increase in the number of single said the psychological consultant with the Black youth help that has been associated with less parental he there has also been a change in parental attitudes about curfews and Early partly because of our own reaction to there has been a decline in parental he for parents who once rebelled against their own Early curfews or were strapped for coming Home late have a difficult time making their own kids come in there is a lot of confusion Between authoritative parenting and authoritarian he Josephs Laurence searches for some answers to the tragedy in the slain 13yearold boys other fears for girls safety by Tony Davis staff reporter Joseph Spence Mother afraid the Mother of Joseph the 13yearold boy shot dead Early sunday morning in what police said was a Gan related went into hid ing saying she feared for her two surviving Shes scared of the said Nancy la Fortes Nick gris he said Laforte has left her apartment to stay with a in said reached by a reporter she has two daughters and in just of them until things get straightened said who works As a caretaker at an police arrested and charged a 15yearold boy with first degree murder in Josephs he was shot at about sunday at Flora Avenue and Robin son witnesses saw a Blue Van Speed away from the police said neither Joseph nor the boy charged in his death were known to police As gang but they said the shooting was related to Street gang Josephs family is planning to Bury him but they Are hav ing trouble raising the Money for a dignified his Mother we Are trying to raise Laforte she said prayers and an Al night Wake for her son will begin thursday evening at the aboriginal funeral Home at 724 Selkirk a service will be held there on Friday at 1 Joseph will be buried at the Brookside donations for the service and burial can be made to the aboriginal funeral the computer generation 00 2999 compol Compaq Presari cd 744 desktop pc is better than Ever processor upgradable to pentium overdrive 8mb ram expandable to 104mb 535mb hard drive qua Speed cd rom bps 16bit stereo sound speakerphone 14 Sega multimedia Monitor phone Centre with address Book onscreen caller id when activated by your local phone company ten voice mail boxes 3year warranty on cup includes 1styear free onsite service 24hour Tollfree hardware support hotline free trial membership to the leading online services tons of amazing software no charge upgrade to windows 95 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