11 shootings in Toronto over the August long weekend

By artappraiser on Mon, 08/05/2019 - 5:31pm |

By Jacob Lorinc & Wendy Gillis @ TheStar.com, Aug. 5

Thirteen people have been shot after 11 shootings over the August long weekend — an injury tally that prompted Toronto’s police chief to issue a call for witnesses to come forward to help close “solveable” cases.

“This is not Toronto,” chief Mark Saunders told reporters at a media conference at police headquarters Monday afternoon. “And rest assured that I will be providing the resources where they need to be to solve these cases.”

Saunders spoke out just hours after gunfire rang out inside a full North York nightclub at around 2:15 a.m., injuring five people and sending scores of panicked clubgoers running for cover [....]

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