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Apr 11th, 2010 |
By TSB
NORTH YORK – A young man was shot in the back on Saturday around 5:30pm near the busy area of Dufferin St. and Lawrence Ave. W. Police say the shooting occurred in front of 51 Blossomfield Rd., just one block east of Dufferin St. where one man was shot. He then fled the scene to [...]
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Tags: 32 Division, Guns, North York, Shooting
Mar 16th, 2010 |
By TSB
REGENT PARK – Toronto Police officers from 51 Division along with the Emergency Task Force, Canine, and Drug Squad executed a few warrants in the Regent Park area of the city. The raid, which took place around 12:30am on March 16th, resulted in a couple of arrests including one at 124 River St. where a [...]
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Tags: 51 Division, Canine Unit, Downtown, Drugs, ETF, Guns, Raid, Regent Park
Mar 11th, 2010 |
By TSB
TORONTO – No less than 28 search warrants took place in the last couple of days in the Toronto area and Windsor in what was dubbed Project “Folkstone”. The result, thus far, is 250 criminal charges against 22 individuals for organized crime related offenses. The investigation has been ongoing for the past 7 months and [...]
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Tags: Arrest, Gun & Gang, Guns, OPP, Organized Crime
Feb 9th, 2010 |
By TSB
NORTH YORK – Police officers from 31 Division were called late last night to a suspicious death at 20 Falstaff Ave. Upon arrival they discovered a man in his 20′s with apparent trauma to the body. It appears that two individuals were involved in an altercation of some sort sometime between 6pm and 7pm and [...]
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Tags: 31 Division, Guns, Homicide, North York, Shooting
Feb 9th, 2010 |
By TSB
DANFORTH – Three minors were taken into custody today after a failed robbery in the Coxwell Ave. and Gerrard St. E. area. The three youths attempted to rob a 20-year-old man at around 1:15pm. One of them was armed with a gun. After failing to obtain anything from the victim, the suspects fled towards a [...]
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Tags: 55 Division, Arrest, Canine Unit, Danforth, ETF, Guns, Robbery
Jan 30th, 2010 |
By TSB
NORTH YORK – Two men in their twenties were rushed to Sunnybrook Health Sciences at around 2am this morning after being shot near a complex on 10 Eddiestone Ave. Police say that a suspect fired at the two victims as they were exiting their ground floor unit. One of the victims suffered a gunshot wound [...]
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Tags: 31 Division, Guns, North York, Shooting
Dec 16th, 2009 |
By TSB
NORTH YORK – A fire ripped through a house on Lauderdale Dr. today leaving the structure in ruins. Toronto Fire Services personnel were dispatched to the scene just after 4pm to discover the blaze already consuming part of the rear of the home. Despite efforts to contain the flames from inside the home, fire crews [...]
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Tags: 3 alarm, 33 Division, Fire, Guns, North York
May 12th, 2009 |
By TSB
WEST END – It’s quite troubling to learn of young men being shot and killed, but when the victim is barely a youth it’s much harder to believe. The latest victim of Toronto’s senseless violence has been identified as Adrian Johnston, only 14 years old. Some reports suggest he was a student at Runnymede Collegiate [...]
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Tags: 12 Division, Guns, Homicide, Shooting, West End
Apr 16th, 2009 |
By TSB
Toronto Police Service NORTH YORK – A security guard at Yorkdale Mall is lucky to be alive today after what was to be a takedown turned for the worst. Police officials believe that during the scuffle between security and two suspects a gun was fired hitting the security guard in the chest. Luckily he was [...]
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Tags: 32 Division, Guns, North York, Security Guard, Shooting
Apr 15th, 2009 |
By TSB
EAST YORK – Heavily armed emergency task force officers surround a building on O’Connor Dr. near Amsterdam Ave. around the noon hour today. The original call for a domestic dispute turned in to what was believed to be a hold-up suspect with possible weapons. Tactical officers later cleared the building, finding several weapons but no [...]
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Tags: 54 Division, ETF, Guns
Apr 14th, 2009 |
By TSB
SCARBOROUGH – A man is facing numerous weapons charges in relation to a shooting in the Kingston Rd. and Galloway Rd. area on April 9th. Police allege the suspect, 20 year-old Clifton Golding, discharged a gun after leaving a home in the area. He then took a taxi to his residence on Romulus Dr., in [...]
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Tags: Arrest, Guns, Scarborough
Apr 2nd, 2009 |
By TSB
TORONTO – Police report that the 1,897 firearms collected during the Pixels For Pistols campaign are destined for destruction. The campaign, which ran from October 22, 2008 to December 1, 2008, was a big success and saw many citizens turning in their weapons and ammunition in exchange for a gift certificate for a digital camera. [...]
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Tags: Guns
Mar 31st, 2009 |
By admin
SCARBOROUGH – Yet another gun off the streets. Last Monday afternoon police were in the area of 11721 Sheppard Ave. E. near Kingston Rd. when they spotted a suspicious vehicle. They approached the SUV where three males were smoking marijuana. After further investigation due to the use of drugs, officers discovered a loaded Smith and [...]
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Tags: 43 Division, Arrest, Guns, Scarborough
Mar 30th, 2009 |
By TSB
NORTH YORK – Police did not expect a routine search warrant to turn into a manhunt, but that is what happened early Sunday morning at 75 Talara Dr., in the Bayview Ave. and Sheppard Ave. E. area. When police arrived at the address, they found that a male had fled the ground floor apartment through [...]
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Tags: 33 Division, Guns, North York, Wanted
Mar 25th, 2009 |
By TSB
NORTH YORK – Police responded to shots fired last night on St. Germain Ave. They arrived to find evidence of a shotgun being fired at a home. No one was injured in the incident, but Toronto Police are preplexed as to why someone would target the home. An abandon shotgun was later found on the [...]
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Tags: 32 Division, Guns, North York
Mar 9th, 2009 |
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A 36-year-old man was found with gunshot wounds to the head, chest and leg today after police were called to a shooting in the Jane St. and St. Clair Ave. area around 8pm today. Early reports suggest the man was being chased by the suspects near a pizza parlour nearby. The victim then got in [...]
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Tags: 12 Division, Guns, Shooting, Taxi, York