Jermaine Canada Takes His Kids To The Store

(Jermaine Canada booking photo/Maricopa County Sheriff's Department)








Some dads take their boys out to play catch in the backyard. Jermaine Canada takes his kids to the local 7-Eleven and shoots clerks.

Below is surveillance video from the early morning hours of August 4, 2008 at the Phoenix, Arizona 7-Eleven. Canada is seen in the video holding his 2 year-old son, while his 6 year-old son follows close behind. For no apparent reason, Canada allegedly shoots and kills the clerk. The victim, according to an article at azcentral.com, was identified by relatives who also work at the store, as 62 year-old Inder Jit Jassal, an immigrant from India.




Jermaine Canada was only in the store for a couple minutes and there was no apparent motive for the shooting. From what the reports say, robbery did not seem to be a motive and nothing was taken from the store. Nothing, that is, except for the life of a man who did absolutely nothing wrong and the innocence of two young children. But I have a feeling Jermaine Canada has been subjecting his children to his criminal lifestyle for quite some time.

According to Maricopa County Superior Court online records, Canada was convicted of possession of marijuana in March 2004. He also plead guilty to misconduct involving weapons in November 2005. Another case history on the site shows charges for aggravated assault and one of the notes mention "felony to promote further or assist crim conduct by street gang" . Canada was sentenced to 3 years for the misconduct involving weapons conviction with 134 days knocked off for time served. Canada's criminal record appears to date back to 1997, which would make him 16 years old.

Luckily an alert citizen recognized Canada from the surveillance video and called 9-1-1. Canada was arrested shortly after and is charged with first-degree murder.


Sources: azcentral.com; KTAR.com
Video surveillance source: KTAR.com