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5 People Shot @ Yonge & Gould
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| rabbitjoker |
I just heard on the radio that 5 people have been shot @ Yonge & Gould.
1 dead, 2 in custody.
--- Play safe folks. |
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| MarkT |
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it's not a nice street corner at all...more on that from the Toronto Star:
| quote: | Shots rang out on busy Toronto streets crowded with Boxing Day shoppers today, killing one person and wounding seven others.
The first shots were apparently fired around 5:30 p.m. from a vehicle driving north on Yonge St. near Gerrard St., severely wounding one woman in the head.
Police received calls within minutes about seven other shooting victims — including one in the Delta Chelsea hotel, one at a Pizza Pizza, two in the doorway of the nearby Foot Locker and one at a Red Lobster restaurant.
Police have two men in custody in connection with the shootings. They were apprehended at the Castle Frank subway station.
One of the victims shot at the Foot Locker has apparently died. Two of the others shot are reported to be in critical condition at St. Michael’s hospital. One victim reportedly walked into Mt. Sinai hospital.
The wounded include a 16-year-old boy.
Wendy Perry and her husband were staying at the Delta Chelsea hotel when the violence erupted.
They could see the area streets from the balcony of their hotel room.
She said she heard a number of shots go off and the sound of a car squealing away.
"We saw people racing out of stores," she said. "I thought it was fireworks." |
more gun news from today's Toronto Star:
some clown was arrested for returning to a club after being booted and firing shots in the air...I say he should have mandatory jail time and a lifetime ban from owning or firing a firearm!
| quote: | Police make arrest in nightclub shooting incident
Dec. 26, 2005. 03:08 PM
ASTRID POEI
STAFF REPORTER
A 21-year-old Toronto man has been arrested after shots were fired inside a busy downtown nightclub early today.
The suspect was apprehended by officers following a brief foot chase outside the Privilege Night Club on Peter St., near Richmond St., just after midnight on Boxing Day, police said. No one was injured in the incident.
Club security guards had removed a man earlier in the night. He later returned with another male, and a scuffle broke out between the man and other club patrons, police said.
As security staff tried to remove him, a handgun was pulled and two shots were fired into the air, police said. Patrolling officers in the area heard the sound of gunfire and arrested a man exiting the club.
Weapons and ammunition were recovered at the scene.
Alex Madimenos faces several charges in connection with the incident, including two counts of assault with a weapon. |
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| dallastar |
Hello y'all... hope all is well and wasn't involved with what i saw today - a shooting!
I was walking up yonge street, in front of HMV we hear people got shot. Tonnes of police and really no room to walk! What the hell are people thinking shooting people outside of foot locker (of all places) on yonge st!
4 people I just heard on CP24 are dead at six in all might have been shot and they blocked off the whole block!
God damn!
I think It might be a good idea to move outta toronto, I wish we could find peace and not resort to GUns! |
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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: |
Shooting Insanity
Pulse24.com
Amidst thousands of Boxing Day bargain hunters in Toronto’s downtown core, a series of shots were fired Monday evening, hitting six people and leaving at least one of who is known to be female.
The incident took place at a number of locations along Yong Street, and culminated as at least four of the victims were found at a Foot Locker store on Yonge south of Gerrard St just after 5pm.
As the shots were fired along the busy commercial strip, thousands of shoppers hit the ground sending panic through the massive holiday crowd.
“Someone just said, ‘Get down, get down,’ so everybody just got on the ground…it was very scary,” said one witness.
It’s unclear what sparked the incident, but police do have two suspects in custody. The pair was picked up at Castle Frank subway station shortly after the violence erupted and taken to 52 Division.
Authorities also believe they have recovered at least one of the murder weapons.
An off-duty police officer was also shot in the leg during the fracas, but he’s expected to recover. |
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| VERTiG0 |
| Good times downtown! |
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| Jayx1 |
| we are becoming a 3rd world country |
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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
we are becoming a 3rd world country |
No. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
No. |
hey to each their own... but this style of crime has never happened in the past except in "other" places. |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
hey to each their own... but this style of crime has never happened in the past except in "other" places. |
Yeah other places like The United States of America.....I guess they are a 3rd world nation too. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
Yeah other places like The United States of America.....I guess they are a 3rd world nation too. |
actually many US inner cities are worse than the 3rd world. But is that what we aspire to be compared to? The US? I can think of many many better examples of first world nations. |
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| ++ EGO ++ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
we are becoming a 3rd world country |
LOL!! That's the funniest thing I've read in this thread in awhile!
Awesome! In terms of the reality of the comment, I agree with it to an extent.
nice one ;p |
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| E2EK1EL |
| oh man ... don' tell me they shot the dude over a pair of shoes at foot locker. |
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