Law360 Canada ( February 25, 2021, 6:20 AM EST) -- Appeal by accused from conviction for offences arising from a shooting. An officer witnessed someone fire a single shot into a crowded laneway. The shooter escaped. A handgun circumstantially connected to the shooting was found under a car along the shooter’s escape route. The DNA of four people was detected on the grip of the handgun. One of the DNA profiles was from the appellant. Security footage was also obtained from the nightclub, taken over an hour before the shooting, showing the appellant inside the club. Additional surveillance footage, obtained from security cameras along the shooter’s escape route, showed someone running past the officer. It was agreed that it was the shooter who was depicted in the surveillance video that was captured along the shooter’s escape route. None of the surveillance images from along the escape route capture the suspect’s face. The circumstantial evidence that the Crown relied upon consisted of DNA evidence, description evidence provided by the officer and the surveillance videos. The trial judge concluded that the totality of the evidence excluded the possibility of innocent coincidence and established the appellant’s identity as the shooter....