13 March 2008

Toronto

Come for the culture... stay for the gunplay...
A young man “accidentally” cut someone off while driving through Scarborough and it nearly cost him his life when the other driver opened fire on him.

Toronto Police say the victim, who is in his 20s and did not want to be identified, was driving along Hwy. 401 near Markham Rd. around 11:30 a.m Wednesday when he inadvertently offended a man in another vehicle.

And instead of being flipped off, as most drivers in such cases might expect, he found himself staring down the barrel of a gun and dodging bullets.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here... and guess this guy wasn't a farmer, hunter or target shooter... or anybody likely to comply with a gun registry, for that matter.
Police describe the shooter as black, 20 to 25 years old, with a medium complexion, round face and stocky build. He is believed to have short, black, wavy hair, and a chinstrap beard.
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RELATED: Bummer, man
A few hours later, a second shooting in the city’s northwest sent one man to hospital with gunshot wounds to the thigh and buttocks.

In that incident, the victim was in the parking lot of a plaza near Weston Rd. and Hwy. 401 when several shots were fired into his SUV just after 3 p.m. The suspect sped off in a white car, said Sgt. Dave Ecklund.
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FROM THE COMMENTS:
"The gunplay IS the culture."
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