19 July 2008

From the voluminous...

...you know, "statistically, crime is down" file...
Toronto Police and Emergency Task Force officers have swarmed a plaza after gunfire erupted at an east-end club leaving one man dead.

Shots rang out at a club called Inner Circle Restaurant & Lounge, which police say used to be known as Rondyvoo, on Rylander Blvd. in the Sheppard Ave. East and Kingston Rd. area around 1 a.m.

Hundreds of clubgoers were fleeing the scene as police arrived and shut down the club.
And then there's this...
The SUV's driver left the scene but was found at a nearby hospital, where he said the truck's driver had stabbed him in the arm.

The man will not be charged for leaving the scene of the accident because police confirmed he had been stabbed and was in legitimate need of medical help, said York Region police Const. Blair McQuillan.
And, of course...
Some 50 paces – or, more literally, stairwell steps – separate the spot where two young men were shot five days apart at a Scarborough housing complex.

The earlier victim, Andre Williams, 22, survived but is reportedly paralyzed from the neck down.

The second victim was declared dead at the scene early Thursday evening. Shazad Khawaja, only 17, had returned minutes earlier from running an errand for his mother – picking up a litre of milk.
And we finish it up with...
At 11 p.m. on Thursday night two people were shot and wounded in this busy, vibrant neighbourhood close to the University of Toronto.

A 21-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man identified by witnesses as "Junior," an employee of Native Child and Family Services, were treated in hospital for injuries that police say were not life threatening.
Oh yeah... did I mention this was all off the Saturday morning web page... at the Toronto "Red" Star?

You know... the paper that keeps printing screaming headlines about crime stats being way down.

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