Shooting at Toronto party leaves 2 dead - Gayo Lues
According to the police, “a male and a female” were shot dead during the violence that occurred after a fight broke out between those attending the party with more than 200 guests in the city’s east end in late Monday.
Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair identified the victims as a 20-year-old man and a young teenage girl and said that the shooting was “the worst incident of gun violence” in the history of Canada’s largest metropolis.
The official further noted that one “person of interest” was taken into custody in connection with the incident during police search.
On June 2, a man was killed and seven others were injured after a gunmen opened fire in Toronto’s main central shopping centre.
Toronto has witnessed a sharp hike in the number of shootings in the city. So far this year, as many as 140 shooting incidents have been reported which show a 32 percent increase compared to the same period last year.
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source: Presstv.ir – American News
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