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TORONTO: Two people, including the gunman, died and 13 were injured in Toronto after a shootout in the bustling Greektown, which adds to gun violence in Canada's largest city. A teenage girl has died.
A girl in critical condition, "Toronto police said on Twitter, adding that the 14 victims were shot and wounded at the end of last night
. According to Star, Police Chief Mark Saunders said that there had been "an exchange of gunfire."
"The suspect allegedly opened fire on the police before killing himself," a Toronto police source said, "some were armed with rifles, sealed off the main street of Greektown, known as Danforth, after receiving the call around 10 pm local time
Witnesses described to the local media about twenty shots and reloading a weapon several times 19659003] Jody St Einhauer told CBC News that & ### She was in a neighborhood restaurant with her family when she heard what looked like 10 to 15 explosions of firecrackers
She said that she had been told to run to the bottom of the restaurant
. Ontario's new premier, Doug Ford, tweeted a message of solidarity by saying, "I am suddenly in favor of the victims and loved ones of the horrific scourge of gun violence in Ontario. Toronto, 19659003] "The incident occurs with the largest metropolis in Can ada concerned about the explosion of shootings, more than 200 this year.
About two dozen were deadly.
Canada has traditionally relatively low levels of gun violence, especially its neighbor the United States
Mayor John Tory said last night's gun violence was "evidence of violence". a gun problem "in Toronto. after the shooti
He added that the details of the last incident remained fragmentary.
"We need to understand what happened here." The Toronto police started last week implementing the "Enforcement of the Armed Violence Reduction Plan." This includes about 200 officers. in the shifts between 7:00 pm and 7:00 pm The shooting of Greektown occurs about three months after the town was shaken by the death of 10 people, most of the women, killed by a man with apparent grudge against the women who dug them into a busy street at the north end of Toronto.
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