10 July 2010

Bright lights, big city

Lucky number 28...
A man is dead after he was shot in the head inside a restaurant in Toronto’s Chinatown early Saturday.

The shooting happened around 3 a.m. at a restaurant called Excellent Cantonese Seafood, at 263 Spadina Ave.
No word yet from Mayor Miller's office, on which gun club the shooter belonged to.

P.S. -- My favorite line from all the media coverage...
"Police are hoping those that were in the restaurant will contact them."
Hey... hope is cheap.

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UPDATE: Victim is identified
An autopsy reveals Tien Pham, 17, of Toronto died of a gunshot wound to the head.
And this was one cold hitter...
“The actions of the offender in this case were certainly directed and deliberate,” Code said. “The offender basically walks into the dining room, walks straight up to the deceased, shoots him once in the back of the head, turns around, briskly walks out the same way that he came to the laneway.”