Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Toronto, You ******!
this city is a piece of ****
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Woman Dies After Being Shot On Her Doorstep
Monday January 1, 2007
The New Year is off to a violent start after a woman was fatally shot on her doorstep.
The victim, believed to be in her 50s, was struck in the head Monday afternoon after opening the door to her home on Snowball Cres., near Sheppard Ave. and Markham Rd.
Paramedics rushed her to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre just before 3pm, but it was too late to save her.
"She was rushed to Sunnybrook Hospital where she was attended to and subsequently she was pronounced (dead)," said Toronto Police Insp. Peter Yuen.
Investigators aren't providing many details at this point but it's thought the woman answered a knock at the door before the deadly shot was fired. Her family was inside the house at the time.
Though police weren't releasing her name, friends said she was known in the area as 'Auntie Jean.'
"She was a community activist but her arena she chose to be involved with the community was through the church," said Vilma, a friend of the victim. "This is not the kind of woman who would be involved in something violent."
There was widespread disbelief that a woman who did so much for her community would die such a horrible death on the first day of 2007.
"When I hear something like this, you know, it's really a big hit to me," said distraught friend Joe Henry. "Because, you know, to me it's like my sister got shot, or my mother.
"It's painful. Really painful."
Police aren't speculating yet on a motive for the unthinkable crime. But there are several undercover officers on the scene, which may suggest that investigators know who they're looking for.
Mayor David Miller was saddened to hear of the murder. He won re-election on a campaign that included a vow to devote resources to at-risk communities.
"It's a very sobering reminder (that) we simply have to get the guns off our streets," he said.
Anyone with information for police in the murder case can contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).
Jan-02-2007 00:10
dEsidEL
Fu Man Choonz
Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Below the Belt
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Sheppard Ave. and Markham Rd.
not suprised.. poor lady
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Jan-02-2007 00:48
geroin
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Nov 2003
Location:
quote:
Originally posted by dEsidEL
not suprised.. poor lady
Jan-02-2007 00:52
Misanthrope
Lest We Forget
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Cause every time you turn on the music, I can't control what comes over me.
dude didn't you move away from toronto?
Jan-02-2007 01:03
walter78
Supreme Pizza
Registered: May 2006
Location: Melb, AU
That news story really shocked me today.
I'm an Aussie who has been living and working in Toronto for about 5 months now. The city is def. not what I expected. The crime, traffic, homeless, old-skool public transport, random crazies on the street and beggers - something I wouldn't have imagined in Canada. An example of what shocks me is near my place along Dupont. Every major store along it has a begger who waits near the entrances.
By the way, did anyone go to see the New Years fireworks at Nathan Phillips? Can someone explain what the hell that was - 30 seconds of fireworks?!
Jan-02-2007 01:34
Misanthrope
Lest We Forget
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Cause every time you turn on the music, I can't control what comes over me.
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Originally posted by walter78
I'm an Aussie who has been living and working in Toronto for about 5 months now. The city is def. not what I expected. The crime, traffic, homeless, old-skool public transport, random crazies on the street and beggers - something I wouldn't have imagined in Canada.
your naive attitude is what shocks me.
Jan-02-2007 04:25
Truepioneer
In the city of pirates
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Bristol, UK
quote:
Originally posted by walter78
That news story really shocked me today.
I'm an Aussie who has been living and working in Toronto for about 5 months now. The city is def. not what I expected. The crime, traffic, homeless, old-skool public transport, random crazies on the street and beggers - something I wouldn't have imagined in Canada. An example of what shocks me is near my place along Dupont. Every major store along it has a begger who waits near the entrances.
By the way, did anyone go to see the New Years fireworks at Nathan Phillips? Can someone explain what the hell that was - 30 seconds of fireworks?!
Funny, how many people I talk to think Canada is free from social problems
Jan-02-2007 04:28
dEsidEL
Fu Man Choonz
Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Below the Belt
quote:
Originally posted by walter78
By the way, did anyone go to see the New Years fireworks at Nathan Phillips? Can someone explain what the hell that was - 30 seconds of fireworks?!
lol.. a wannabe world class city trying to be a world class city
i heard there were over a million people at Sydney harbour, the first major city in the world to ring in the new year..
i remember when CNN did their cover story on the 2000 millenium celebrations they showed what cities world wide did, TO didn't make it on the radar despite what we did with the CN tower which was actually half-decent..
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Jan-02-2007 04:45
zokissima
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Toronto
quote:
Originally posted by Misanthrope
your naive attitude is what shocks me.
Explain that one a little further plz...
Jan-02-2007 14:46
drgoodvibe
skoun'drl
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: In the flash
That's sad news to hear.. I have to admit though Canada's first world class city will be Calgary and it's current rate of growth..
Originally posted by drgoodvibe
That's sad news to hear.. I have to admit though Canada's first world class city will be Calgary and it's current rate of growth..
Though I have to admit there is something odd about this country in particular. Even in Alberta, the new rural living Premiere has filled his cabinet with rural MPPs, none of his cabinet consist of members from either of the major Albertan cities, Calgary and Edmonton.
It seems as though our leaders simply ignore our major cities. Even Harper seems to put little emphasis on city infrastructure renewal. Then again there is such little news media coverage of the current federal cabinet that I could be terribly wrong.
I'm getting throughly frustrated with how things are.. don't people get tired of being ruled this way?
Originally posted by drgoodvibe
Though I have to admit there is something odd about this country in particular. Even in Alberta, the new rural living Premiere has filled his cabinet with rural MPPs, none of his cabinet consist of members from either of the major Albertan cities, Calgary and Edmonton.
It seems as though our leaders simply ignore our major cities. Even Harper seems to put little emphasis on city infrastructure renewal. Then again there is such little news media coverage of the current federal cabinet that I could be terribly wrong.
I'm getting throughly frustrated with how things are.. don't people get tired of being ruled this way?
DigiGRrr..
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