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Tuesday 24 July 2018
2 dead, 13 wounded in shooting attack in Toronto

By ROB GILLIES rare in Canada's largest
Associated Press city, Toronto police had
TORONTO (AP) — A man deployed dozens of ad-
clad in black fired a hand- ditional officers over the
gun into restaurants and weekend to deal with a
cafes in a lively Toronto recent rise in gun violence
neighborhood, killing a in the city, which has seen
10-year-old girl and an 23 gun homicides so far this
18-year-old woman and year, compared to 16 fatal
wounding 13 others in an shootings in the first half of
attack that has shaken the 2017.
confidence of many in the Toronto Councilor Paula
normally safe city. Fletcher said the attack
The mass shooting late Sun- was "not gang related" and
day in Toronto's Greektown that the gunman shot "in-
district came just three discriminately" into restau-
months after a van struck rants and into a park.
and killed 10 people in an "I know we always say, 'That
apparent attack directed can't happen here,' when
toward women. we see those gunmen in
Police declined to release the States doing the same
the name of the 29-year-old thing and it has happened
gunman from Toronto who here now," Fletcher said.
died after an exchange of Ontario Premier Doug Ford
gunfire with police. said the confidence that
Police Chief Mark Saunders Toronto is a safe city had
said he would not specu- been shaken. Toronto has
late on a motive but did long prided itself as being
not rule out terrorism. one of the safest big cities
"It's almost inconceivable in the world.
that these things can hap- Prime Minister Justin
pen," said Mayor John Tory. Trudeau tweeted: "The
"We were so used to liv- Police work the scene of a shooting in Toronto on Sunday, July 22, 2018. people of Toronto are
ing in a city where these Associated Press strong, resilient and brave
things didn't happen and — and we'll be there to
as we saw them going on The 13 wounded ranged in found dead near Danforth evated their wounds and support you through this dif-
in the world around us (we) age from 10 to 59, and suf- Avenue where the shoot- tried to keep them calm ficult time."
thought they couldn't hap- fered injuries ranging from ings occurred. It was not while they waited for para- In April, the driver of a van
pen here." serious to minor, Saunders immediately clear wheth- medics. She locked the plowed into pedestrians on
"This is an attack against in- said. He did not name the er he killed himself or was door and shut off the lights, a Toronto sidewalk, killing 10
nocent families and our en- victims, who included eight killed by police. not knowing what was hap- people and injuring 14. Au-
tire city." women and girls, and sev- A spokeswoman for the pening outside. thorities have not disclosed
The slain 18-year-old was en men. Special Investigations Unit, Jody Steinhauer was cel- a motive, but said the ar-
identified as Reese Fallon, Dr. Najma Ahmed of St. Monica Hudon, would not ebrating her birthday with rested driver, Alek Minas-
a recent high school grad- Michael's Hospital said five say whether the gunman family at Christina's restau- sian, posted a message on
uate who volunteered for patients had been admit- was shot dead by police rant on Danforth Avenue social media referencing
Canada's Liberal party and ted in serious or critical con- and said his identity was still when they heard 10 to 15 a misogynistic online com-
was due to attend McMas- dition and that three of the being confirmed. She said shots. They ran to the back munity before the attack.
ter University in the fall. Her five underwent immediate an autopsy would be per- to the restaurant and hid A now-deleted Facebook
family said in a statement lifesaving operations. formed Tuesday. under a table. post indicated anger to-
they were devastated. A video taken by a witness Det.-Sgt. Terry Browne said "We heard a woman yell, ward women and saluted
"She was ... smart, passion- showed a man dressed all he could not release the 'Help!' My partner went out- Elliot Rodger, a community
ate and full of energy. It is a in black walking quickly name of the suspect be- side the restaurant and the college student who killed
huge loss," said Canadian down a sidewalk and fir- cause of the probe by the woman was right there. She six people and wounded
Member of Parliament Na- ing three shots into at least Special Investigations Unit. had been shot," she said. 13 in shooting and stabbing
thaniel Erskine-Smith, who one shop or restaurant in He said police had sought Her boyfriend and a doctor attacks near the University
knew Fallon. Toronto's Greektown, a resi- a search warrant for an ad- who was in the restaurant of California, Santa Barba-
Flags at Toronto City Hall dential area crowded with dress related to the suspect attended to the woman ra, in 2014.
as well as at Fallon's former Greek restaurants and ca- but didn't say where. who was shot in the thigh. "The Incel Rebellion has
high school, Malvern CI, fes. Tanya Wilson was clos- "She was screaming and already begun!" read the
and at school board build- Witnesses heard many shots ing her tattoo shop on the yelling and in shock. No- post, using the term incel
ings were lowered to half- and described the suspect street when she heard gun- body was with her. That to refer to "involuntarily celi-
staff. walking past restaurants shots and a mother and her was the scary part," Stein- bate."
" An engaging student, Re- and cafes and patios on son ran into her store with hauer said. Meanwhile, Ottawa po-
ese Fallon graduated from both sides of the street and gunshot wounds to their Police, paramedics and lice arrested a 24-year-old
Malvern CI just last month firing into them. legs other first responders de- man with a knife on Mon-
and was highly regarded Ontario's police watch- "They said they were walk- scended on the scene, day during the Changing
by staff and loved by her dog said there was an ing and a man told them to while people, some in their of the Guard on Parliament
friends," the school board exchange of gunfire be- get the hell out his way and pajamas, emerged from Hill in Ottawa. No one was
said in a statement, adding tween the assailant and he just shot them," Wilson their homes to see what injured. It was unclear if the
that support was being of- two officers on a side street said. was happening. incident was related to the
fered to students. before the gunman was Wilson said she tied and el- Though mass shootings are mass shooting in Toronto.q