Anthony Smith was murdered for “street level stuff,” not because of a video of Mayor Rob Ford appearing to smoke crack cocaine, neighbourhood sources have told the Star.

“(Anthony’s murder) had nothing to do with the video,” said a man who works in the Dixon housing complex who spoke on condition of anonymity over safety concerns.

Instead, the shooting appears to be over a months-old feud between two rival neighbourhood groups. Smith was at King Street’s Loki Lounge on March 28 with his friends from the Dixon and Islington area when they bumped into another group of young men they had a previous “beef” with.

In the weeks since the Star reported about a video of Mayor Rob Ford appearing to smoke crack cocaine — and published a picture of Ford alongside two victims of recent gun violence — speculation has run rampant that the mayor may be connected to a series of violent incidents in North Etobicoke.

That does not appear to be the case.

http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/05/31/rob_ford_crack_video_scandal_anthony_smiths_killing_was_street_level_stuff_sources_say.html