identified the gunman who, according to them, was behind a car bomb in a Sunday neighborhood in Toronto that killed one woman and one child and injured 13 others.

Police say that 29-year-old Faisal Hussain of Toronto was behind the rampage that created chaos on a crowded street of bars and restaurants. His family, in a statement to reporters Monday night, said that Hussain was suffering from a "serious" mental illness, "battling psychosis and depression all his life."

Hussain died after a shooting with the police. It is unclear whether he was killed by firing officers or died by suicide.

Authorities did not say what motivated Hussain's attack, but the Department of Public Safety Canada, in a statement to The Globe and Mail in Toronto, appears to have changed the possibility terrorism.

"At present, there is no link between national security and the investigation," Hilary Peirce, a spokeswoman for the ministry, told the newspaper.

Police Chief Mark Saunders said that an 18-year-old girl and a 10-year-old girl had been killed in the shootings. Injured victims ranged in age from 10 to 59 years old and some could have life-altering wounds, he says.

Hussain died a few minutes after an exchange of fire with police, a few streets of carnage.

"We do not know why this has happened before," Saunders said Monday. "It's still a new investigation."

Hussain's family describes him as helpless, explaining interventions, professionals, medications, and therapy have failed to help cope with his "mental health problems."

seeking help for him throughout his life of struggle and suffering, we could never imagine that it would be his devastating and destructive end, "said the family." Our hearts are in pieces for the victims and for our city while we are all facing this terrible tragedy. "

Saunders said the shooting, in the Greektown neighborhood, was not haphazard. help from the audience through eyewitness information, videos and pictures of the scene.

"I heard pop, pop, and then I turned around because I thought it was a fireworks. "They are shooting at us – let's run inside!" Stavy Karnouskou, who was standing in front of a bar with friends when the shooting started, told The Toronto Star

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The attack in Canada The Largest city arrived three months after a 25-year-old man, in a rented truck, mowed pedestrians along the iconic Yonge Street, killing 10 people and injuring 15.

" There is something new in Toronto. "There is no magic pill to take and say" All is well. "

Mayor John Tory said the city had a gun problem. mass are scarce in Canada's largest city, police have recently deployed dozens of additional agents to deal with an outbreak of gun violence in the city

"Weapons are too easily accessible to too many "19659008] Up to this year, firearm-related deaths accounted for 23 of 52 Toronto homicides compared to 16 fatalities in the first six months of 2017, according to the Toronto Globe and Mail. [19659008] With more than 2 million people Toronto is one of the largest cities in North America and Chicago, where the population is slightly lower, there were 290 homicides, according to a Chicago Sun database -Times

A video captured by a witness in the Sunday shooting shows a man dressed in black walking fast and firing three bullets from the sidewalk in at least one store or restaurant.

John T Ulloch said that he and his brother had just got out of their car when he heard about 20 to 30 shots.

"We just ran. We saw people start running so we just ran, "he said.

Contribute: The Associated Press

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