12 October 2008

This year I'll give thanks...

...that I don't live in Mississauga...
A murderous Thanksgiving weekend left three people dead and three others seriously injured in Mississauga.

The first victim was shot dead at 11:30 p.m. Saturday at a Malton house party on Pickfair Dr.

One man was pronounced dead at the scene and two others were wounded, one seriously, but are expected to survive, Peel Regional Police said. The suspect was described as male, South Asian, in his mid-20s, and about 5-foot-8 with short black hair.

The next victim was stabbed to death in a separate house party on Rosewater Court, in the Airport Rd.-Steeles Ave. Area, at 12:25 a.m. Sunday. A second man is in critical condition.

The third murder victim was shot at the Sugar Bush Bar at Dixie Rd. And Britannia Rd. At 3:45 a.m. Sunday and died in hospital, police said.

The three murders raised the region's homicide tally to a record high of 23 so far this year. The previous record — for all of 2007 — was 17.
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RELATED: And, it goes without saying... Toronto
A man is in hospital after a shooting at Oakwood Ave. and Vaughan Rd.

At 11:53 p.m. Saturday night, police received a tip about a shooting in the city's northwest end. When officers arrived in the area, they found the victim with a gunshot wound.
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UPDATE: Triple-shooting victim dies
One of three men who were shot behind the North York Sheridan Mall on Thursday has died in hospital.

Burrell Bennett, 26, of Toronto, was shot around the neck and shoulder shortly after 6 p.m. on Oct. 9. He was rushed to Sunnybrook Hospital, where he died yesterday.
Remember... these were the three gentlemen who refused to cooperate with the police.

It's so nice to have standards.

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LAST WORD: Gimme my "hope and change"...
"...and I want it now!!!"
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