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25 August 2016

Must've been one of those...

...high capacity AR-15 crossbows...
Three people are dead and one person has been injured after someone discharged a crossbow in the Scarborough Village area.

Const. David Hopkinson said it is too early to say whether the shooting was intentional or accidental.
So, Constable Clouseau, what's your theory... an accidental discharge, followed by two identical mishaps? Or, maybe he loaded three arrow-thingies by mistake.

And, no... that's not my "minkie."

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UPDATE: Let the Media Frightening begin...

Although you stand a better chance of falling in the shower and breaking your neck, we, the "professional" journalists of Toronto, will do our best to convince you this is a "clear and present danger"...
The deadly weapons, though uncommon in homicide investigations, are surprisingly easy to get your hands on. A licence isn’t required to buy or own a crossbow and the hunting weapons are not regulated. Anyone over the age of 18 can walk into a sporting goods store and walk out with a weapon capable of firing a small arrow or ‘bolt’ up to 500 feet per second.
Or, if you're in a real hurry, you can go into your kitchen and grab a knife from the cutlery drawer.

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RELATED: In other Hogtown homicide news
A 26-year-old man is recovering after being shot in downtown Toronto Tuesday night. ”
The shooting happened at the same spot where 27-year-old Steven Doyle was murdered Aug. 15.
And there's one less thug on the streets...
Police have identified a suspect in a May 27 shooting in North York. Talha Saeed, 23, of Toronto is wanted on seven charges, including discharging a firearm into a place/reckless to others, possessing a weapon dangerous to public peace, carrying a concealed weapon and possessing a restricted or prohibited firearm without holding a licence and registration.
No word yet on which gun club the shooter belonged to.