27 January 2010

The ever-increasing body count

Two men and a woman are dead in three separate incidents in the GTA overnight.

Toronto Police were called to the Victoria Park Ave. and Ellesmere Rd. area around 5 a.m. Wednesday for a man suffering multiple stab wounds to his abdomen.
Rumour has it, Toronto Councillors are considering mandating the use of "plastic cutlery" throughout the GTA.

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UPDATE: Brampton murder victim id'd
Vachon Tatchell, 21, of Brampton, was shot shortly before 9 p.m. on Sunday following a confrontation with his assailant and was transferred to a Toronto trauma centre. Homicide detectives indicated on Monday that they didn't expect him to survive.

Police arrested Kevin Phillips, 22, of Brampton on Monday. They laid a charge of aggravated assault against him.
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UPDATE2: And a couple more...
Hans Meier, 69, was found critically stabbed in the stomach around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday in a home on Victoria Park Ave. near Paget Rd., north of Ellesmere Ave. E

Police have charged Kyle Laybolt, 21, with first-degree murder.

In York region’s first homicide of the year, a 52-year-old man has been charged with murder after a 48-year-old woman was found dead Tuesday night in a Richmond Hill apartment.

The victim was pronounced dead and a man was taken into police custody at the scene.

Efim Klimovich is charged with second-degree murder.
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FROM THE COMMENTS:
"The pressing issue here is the 14 pedestrians killed in TO so far this year."

"It is clear that the provincial automobile registry has failed to protect Torontonians and this can only mean that a national automobile registry is desperately needed to stop the bloodshed."
I'm just waiting for Iggy to suggest a national "Nerf Car" initiative.