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Toronto shooting: woman and attacker dead, 13 others injured | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Two people have died and 13 others were injured after a shooting attack near a restaurant in the Canadian city of Toronto on Sunday evening. | |
Police confirmed that one of those killed was a woman and the other was the shooter, who died after an exchange of gunfire with police. | |
Emergency crews rushed to the scene in Toronto’s Greektown neighbourhood near Danforth and Pape Avenues around 10pm on Sunday night. | |
All those injured have been taken to local hospitals, among them is a young girl in a critical condition. | |
Toronto Police Chief Saunders has updated media from scene. 14 victims were shot with a handgun. 1 female adult has died. 1 young girl in critical condition. Suspect is dead (not included in 14 victim total) Witnesses call 416-808-2222 Anonymous tips 1-800-222-8477 #GO1341286 ^sm | |
Toronto police chief Mark Saunders said the police had not confirmed the shooter’s motive and would not speculate on it until they had more information. | |
Witness Jody Steinhauer has told CBC she was at a restaurant on Danforth Avenue with her family when she heard what sounded like 10 to 15 firecracker blasts. | Witness Jody Steinhauer has told CBC she was at a restaurant on Danforth Avenue with her family when she heard what sounded like 10 to 15 firecracker blasts. |
She said she was told to run to the back of the restaurant. | She said she was told to run to the back of the restaurant. |
“We started to hear people scream out front,” Steinhauer said. | |
Mayor John Tory told reporters that the shooting was “evidence of a gun problem” in Toronto. | |
“Guns are too readily available to too many people,” he said. | |
Last week, Toronto police put 200 additional officers on shift in particular neighbourhoods between the hours of 7pm and 3am — when most shootings occur – as part of a plan to reduce gun crime, CBC reported. | |
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