Dylan Ellis and Oliver Martin were shot and killed as they sat in their high-end Range Rover SUV around midnight Thursday after watching a basketball game with friends.Dylan Ellis was the grandson of the late Toronto businessman and philanthropist Mariano A. Elia.
Because the victims were driving a high-end SUV, police are exploring the possibility the incident was an attempted carjacking, Det.-Sgt. Giroux said.
Both victims were still wearing their seatbelts when emergency crews arrived at the scene.
So Mayor Miller... you got any more happy horseshit about shooters at perfectly legal target ranges... or can we just go after the scum-sucking shit who did this?
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UPDATE: Witness apparently was a girlfriend
A third passenger in the backseat of the vehicle, whom Det. Sgt. Giroux identified as a friend, is cooperating fully with the investigation. Media reports suggest she is the girlfriend of one of the victims and told police a man was seen fleeing the scene on a bicycle.And CBC has more...
At least 19 police shell case markers covered a street in downtown Toronto where two men were shot and killed early Friday.**********
The two victims had been best friends since Grade 1. Police said the families are "devastated" by the killings. "They were certainly, in my opinion, targeted," said the detective, who is leading the investigation.
Police are looking for at least one black male seen fleeing the area on a bicycle. They say they also believe whoever was responsible for the shooting is "familiar with the area" around Niagara and Bathurst.
RELATED: Meet Toronto's powerful "gun lobby"
Several speakers, most of them amateur and hobby shooters as well as gun club operators, told yesterday's meeting that the CNRA Gun Club at Union Station and Scarborough Rifle Club have spotless records and were being unfairly penalized.**********
Its members show utmost caution handling, storing and transporting their guns, they said, adding the two operations are in no way contributing to Toronto's gun problem.
One of the strongest pleas came from Avianna Chao, a pistol shooter heading to the Beijing Olympics who trains primarily out of the CNRA club.
"I've never met a gang member at a shooting range'' she said, adding that it's the "peaceful nature'' of sport shooting that attracts so many professionals.
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Today CC has put nine... count 'em, nine... links to me in one post.
Sounds like he's really pissed about something, huh?
Hey buddy... those people still spyin' on you?
Say, CC... you do know there are pills that can help with that sort of thing, right?Get well soon.
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