11 September 2012

In other "crime is down" news

In 2011 there were 133 shooting incidents by the second week of September. So far in 2012, there have been 162 for an increase of 21%. As for victims, in 2011 there was 160 victims by Sept. 11. This year so far there has been 226, for a 41% increase.
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RELATED: Oops there goes another...
Police have identified the victim as Cory Campbell, 26, of Toronto.

A post-mortem examination determined Campbell died as a result of a gunshot wound to the chest.

On Monday, police arrested a male suspect, identified as 25-year-old Toronto resident Andrew Burnett.
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LAST WORD: That was some children's party...
Toronto police have linked the Galloway Boys, a notorious Scarborough street gang, to the July 16 block party shooting that killed two people and injured 23 others, as well as to the December murder of a 24-year-old man and six other shootings around the Toronto area.