A 23-year-old Toronto father with a criminal past has had any chance of a future snuffed out by murder.

Sheldon Anthony Henry is Toronto’s 40th homicide victim of 2009 — and the second of the long weekend.

He had been part of the Canadian Training Institute’s “Breaking the Cycle” program, an attempt to help youth to steer clear of crime by connecting them with criminals attempting to change their own lives. His own rap sheet includes weapons, drug and assault convictions, to name a few.