TODAY MARKS 3 YEARS TORONTO LOST A REMARKABLE YOUNG MAN! PLS REMEMBER MICHAEL GEORGE TODAY...
Edwardson George is a big man. And he’s been able to maintain his stature despite the murder of his son Michael, 25, shot dead July 29, 2007, at Wilcox Creek Pathway co-op near Sheppard Ave. and Morningside Ave.
He says there isn’t a moment of any day he isn’t thinking about his boy.
“Very, very hard for me,” George said Friday during a plea for people who know anything to call Crime Stoppers. “He was not only my son, he was my buddy.
“Michael had two names for me: Dad and Pops,” he said.
When Michael, a rapper who went by the stage name Meyend Tricks and whose album 4 Ever was released by his family during the plea, wanted his father to be a buddy, he called him Pops.
“But when he needed me as a dad, he’d just say, ‘Dad, can I speak to you?’” George said.
“Getting up every day has been very, very difficult,” he said. “I have to make sure the rest of the family is okay.
“It hurts,” George said. “I wake up every day and I’m not myself. I’m not 100% because I don’t have him with me and I cannot speak to him, and I cannot call him when I need to talk to him about certain things that we normally talk about.”
The music was supposed to be the young man’s future, but has instead become his legacy.
It’s available on his Facebook page for free.
The night he died, Michael had dropped off his friend in Ajax after a party and then returned to his girlfriend’s townhouse in the co-op.
When he pulled in at 3:30 a.m., he was ambushed by a gunman who opened fire before he could get out of the car.
Toronto homicide Det.-Sgt. Steve Ryan said in 2007 that the assassin apparently lay in wait and the killing didn’t appear random but it was unknown why the young man was targeted.
“I just want the person or persons who perpetrated this crime to be caught,” George said. “They can’t go around doing things like this, hurt so many families, hurt so many people. We want justice, justice for Michael.”
Atlanta R&B artist Tim Campbell also a TIMA nominee came to show support for the George family.
Michael's uncle carries his Toronto Independent Music Award for Best Rap. An award he never lived to see.
Michael's mom Scherry and sister Sarah
Michael’s mom Scherry called for anyone who knows anything to call Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477.
She also challenged the pervasive gang culture mantra of not snitching.
“Man up and be a snitch,” Scherry said.
Const. Scott Mills said while Crime Stoppers points detectives in the right direction, homicide officers need witnesses.
“We can’t solve the case unless we have a witness that gives us the information,” he said. “But if you know who it is and are too scared to come forward, call 1-800-222-TIPS,” or go online at www.222tips.com, or text TOR and send a message to CRIMES.
“I never thought I would be in this position,” George said. “I know what Michael is like. For this to happen to Michael, it tells me they don’t care, people don’t care.
“I miss him dearly, I miss him every second of the day, 365, 24 hours a day,” he said.
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