If only the police would start...

...cracking down on these lawless Scottish clansmen... wait a minute...

• TORONTO • Toronto police are on the scene of a shooting in the northwest end of the city that has claimed the lives of two men.

Residents on Jamestown Crescent near Finch and Martin Grove called police at about 1:30 a.m. after hearing gunshots.

Ah, yes... the "northwest end" of the city... Toronto's mysterious Bermuda Triangle of death.

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UPDATE: Double homicide victims identified

"Both victims are believed to be of Somali descent, bringing to six the number of Somali men who've died as a result of gun violence since the start of June 2012."

Now, I know what you're thinking... and this isn't in any way a racist observation... because the CBC has defacto prejudice-exemption status.

So who are the winners of this weeks "northwest leadfest" lottery?"

"Suleiman Ali, 26, of Toronto, and Warsame Ali, 26, of Vaughan, were found in a laneway behind Jamestown Crescent, near Finch Avenue West and Martin Grove Road.

The slayings mark Toronto's 39th and 40th homicides of 2012."

Why the dead tree media...

...are walking the doomed path of the dinosaurs...

"No information on suspects was immediately provided for either incident. Police said there was currently nothing to suggest the two shootings are linked."

Two shootings, Jimmy Olsen? What about the other three? And instead of putting up the metaphorical yellow barrier tape... an actual "professional" journalist might enquire about "points of commonality" between these five Toronto area shootings that have occurred recently.

Unless, of course, they really don't want to know.

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RELATED: You call yourselves a tabloid?

Shame on you...

"Bullets have been flying in THE NORTHWEST END of the city all week. In all, five shootings in as many days have left two dead and five injured. “Up to 10 gunshots were heard,” Kwong said. “And MALES WERE SEEN RUNNING in all directions, but we’re not sure if they were involved."

Hoodied males were seen running in the northwest end of the city? Get out your decoder rings.

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UPDATE: Is Chief Saunders lying to us...

...or is he just really bad at math?

"Gunfire rang out at five different locations in Toronto overnight, sending a number of people to hospital with various injuries."

That's five new shootings, not to be confused with the five I refer to above. But that's not what the man in charge of Toronto cops is saying...

Police Chief Mark Saunders told CP24, “Last night we had a couple shootings and we have resources on it right now to figure out exactly who has caused the shootings to occur."

Spoken like a social worker, Chief. Time to head off to some international law & order junket and soak up some sunshine.

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LAST WORD: The number don't lie

"So far in 2016, there have been a total of 330 shootings in Toronto, which is up 52.8 per cent from this point in 2015."

No comment as of yet from the Toronto chapter of "Black Lives Matter."

Toronto Homicide #54

The storied northwest end of the city coughs up yet another corpse...

A male victim has been pronounced dead following a shooting around midnight. It comes less than 24 hours after a 25-year-old man was gunned down outside a building on Driftwood Avenue, about a block away.

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UPDATE: Second weekend murder victim id'd

Jibri Husani James, 39, of Toronto, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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RELATED: Not quite as safe...

...as Chief Saunders & Mayor Tory would have you believe...

"Toronto police are investigating after shots were fired from one vehicle to another in the city’s west end Sunday night. It happened near Dundas Street West and Highway 427 at around 9:30 p.m."

The gangbanger warwagons are rolling. How long before civilians start to fall?

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LAST WORD: Where is Black Lives Splatter, Toronto®?

Until Toronto Police discontinued the controversial practice of street checks, Black Lives Matter pressed and protested to end “carding,” along with anti-gang TAVIS units and cops in schools.

But the activist group has fallen silent as gun violence spirals out of control and young black men die at an alarming rate.

Toronto's notorious 'Northwest' end...

...the Bermuda Triangle of gangbanger gunplay...  TORONTO HOMICIDE #30/2021

-- "A man is dead after a shooting in Toronto’s northwest end near Black Creek and Trethewey drives around 12:40 a.m. on Monday. The victim was found steps away from a memorial for a 32-year-old man who was gunned down in the area a week ago." --

TORONTO TODDLER BIRTHDAY SHOOTING: No snitching allowed...

-- "Police are working on identifying the suspects and detaining them and bringing them to justice for this heinous crime. However, as of yet, nobody has come forward to help identify any potential suspect."

NO GUN NO PROBLEM:

-- "Police say two of the victims were stabbed and two were slashed during the fracas at Thorncliffe Park Drive and Overlea Boulevard." --

That's funny... the one commonality in all these stories is that Police and Media are not providing any names or physical descriptions. Hmmm.

Forget about global warming...

Apparently, it's raining bullets yet again in the storied "northwest end" of the city...

Toronto’s latest murder — in Rexdale — comes just a day removed from a similar wild shooting homicide at a west-end mall not all that far away. Police have identified the victim of Toronto’s 36th homicide of 2017 as Awad Hurre, 34. Witnesses tell reporters there were so many shots, it sounded like Labour Day weekend fireworks.

Det. Sgt. Mike Carbone said “police are looking for four black males in their mid-20s who were wearing dark clothing.”

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RELATED: Whack 'em and stack 'em

Two men are in hospital after a shooting in North York in the Black Creek neighbourhood Sunday afternoon. Toronto police said they received calls for sounds of gunshots near Jane St. and Steeles Ave. W. around 3 p.m.

This is the fifth shooting in the North York area since Aug. 30. when two teenagers were shot.

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RELATED2: Who's zoomin' who?

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RELATED3: The fun never stops

A man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a shooting in Regent Park early Monday morning.

The incident occurred at around 1:30 a.m. near Sumach and Gerrard streets.

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LAST WORD: BLM Toronto unavailable for comment

Toronto police have made an arrest following a violent weekend incident. A 49-year-old man was hit in the head with a hammer Saturday night near Lansdowne Ave. and Davenport Rd. Whitley Hunter, 45, of Toronto, was arrested Monday and charged with attempted murder.

Notorious local thug, Angus McTartan...

...charged, once again, with... wait a minute...

Mohamed Salim, 28, of Toronto, faces nine charges including attempted murder, discharging a firearm endangering life and unauthorized possession of a firearm.

Abdiweli Abdi, 25, of Toronto, is charged with assault with a weapon and weapons dangerous.

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RELATED: Angus has been busy

A man in his 20s is being rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries following a shooting in the city’s northwest end.

The northwest end... right in the heart of Toronto's little Glasgow, right?

TORONTO Homicide #24/2020

Get out your magic decoder rings... one more time...

"Toronto police say a 15-year-old boy has died after a shooting in the city’s north end shortly after 6 p.m. on Sunday."

Ah yes, the notorious "northwest" end of Toronto.

RELATED: Here's how Toronto Police report it...

"On Sunday, April 26, 2020, at 6:07 p.m., officers responded to a shooting at 1884 Sheppard Avenue West."

Not anywhere near Jane St., right Officer?

UPDATE: Not everybody is going after "assault rifles"...

“The gun violence with the black youth in the community needs to come to an end,” Jeremiah Ranger’s mother told CP24 on Monday morning.

Given the perforating wound to his buttock & leg, the mother's lack of rage and the cop doing backflips not to say anything... I'd say this was a "rip & run" gone bad.

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RELATED2: Attention Farmers, Hunters & Skeet shooters...

Gonna grab up your legal, registered firearms anyway...

“The gunplay is for the most part people who have high-risk lifestyles,” Police Chief Mark Saunders said. “If you don’t have a high-risk lifestyle you are in good shape relatively speaking.”

Who exactly are these folks Chief? Is there any sort of commonality besides being sort of "reckless?"

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LAST WORD: Cops rounding up Gangsta Mennonites

"Surveillance camera footage released by police shows a 15-year-old boy get into a waiting vehicle outside of his North York home and then exit about 10 seconds later suffering from a fatal gunshot wound."

Bright Lights, Big City...

...seven homicides in seven weeks...

Homicide investigators are probing the death of a young man in the city's northwest end. Toronto Police were called to 20 Falstaff Ave., one of three troubled high-rises just off Jane St. and Hwy. 401, about a "suspicious death" at 10:30 p.m. Monday.

A man, believed to be in his early 20s, was found with "obvious signs of trauma," Cotton said. No suspect information was available Tuesday morning.

The case appears to be Toronto's seventh homicide of the year. It came a day after a deadly shooting two kilometres down Jane St.

The hits just keep on rolling.

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UPDATE: Latest victim identified

At about 6 p.m. on Monday, 22-year-old Tyrell Duffus said goodbye to his girlfriend, 19-year-old Renee Brown, after the two shared a meal at a Harvey’s restaurant. Within an hour, Duffus got into an argument with someone in the stairwell next to their apartment. A gun was pulled, shots were fired and Duffus was left to die. Not until about 10:30 p.m. were police called.

“He was always a good guy and he didn’t take no harm to nobody,” said Brown, who is due to have Duffus’ baby July 31.

Toronto Police Det. Mike Carbone said the shooting “was certainly a targeted event” and that investigators are “exploring every possibility” in their search for a motive.

Just another bloody day at Jane & Falstaff.

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UPDATE: Homicide victim identified

Homicide detectives have released surveillance video from a high-rise at 30 Falstaff Ave. in hopes of identifying two people seen fleeing the building, moments after 22-year-old Tyrell Duffus was shot on Feb. 8.

The video shows two people, both wearing hoodies and baggy jeans, quickly exiting a door at the south stairwell. The first person's hoodie has several distinguishing white stripes on the right shoulder, which may make him more recognizable.

Over to the Falstaff "community."

No way to treat a C-Series Mercedes, bro!

Hey, Toronto... ever take a minute to ponder why you pay those astronomical municipal taxes?

"A man was seriously injured when gunfire erupted at a government housing complex at 210 Duncanwoods Dr. in North York Thursday morning."

"Toronto Police officers collect evidence, believed to be empty shell casings, next to a bullet-riddled Mercedes Benz.

Mercedes, Mercedes... that sounds so familiar...

The subsidized Toronto Community Housing facility is packed with luxury high-end vehicles — Mercedes and BMWs worth upwards of $70,000 — and they all have authorized TCH parking permits in a community where the average household income is $18,000.

It’s not news to residents that undesirables in the community have pimped-out rides.

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RELATED: The usual, well... you know...

A 17-year-old has been charged with murder in the shooting death of 46-year-old Alexis Charles outside a party in North York last summer. Investigators said at the time that there was a large party going on and at least 100 people were nearby when shots rang out.

Charles’s death was the city’s 41st homicide of 2019.

And...

Two boys are facing a raft of charges after allegedly carjacking a man at gunpoint at York University last month, leaving the car behind because they could not use a manual transmission.

The boys, aged 15 and 17, were arrested shortly thereafter.

Toronto's notorious northwest end.

Yet another gang of duck hunters...

...terrorising the streets of Toronto...

It was "a miracle" nobody was killed during a drive-by shooting on a busy street in the city's northwest end yesterday, police said.

About five shots rang out as a black 1993 Lexus GS300 drove along Martin Grove Rd., past the Danforth Food Market south of Steeles Ave. W., at about noon, Staff-Sgt. Jack Kelly said.

Investigators believe the shootout stemmed from a dispute between the people in the car -- ranging from 20-34 years old -- and a group north of the food market.

Meanwhile, over in the east end...

A 16-year-old boy was shot in the groin outside a Scarborough birthday party this morning, police say.

The victim was outside a party at a Progress Ave. dance hall, east of Midland Ave., when he was shot several times "in the groin and leg area" at 2:20 a.m., Toronto Police Det. Kim Bates said.

And down at the CNE...

-- TORONTO -- A man was taken to hospital after being stabbed multiple times early this morning at a club at Toronto's CNE.

Police say the victim is reluctant to co-operate in their investigation.

Oh man... if only there was a law.

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RELATED: Yet another Annex homicide

Police say a 27-year-old man was stabbed after a dispute broke out in the kitchen. The victim was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Michael's Hospital.

Hogtown cops sure earned their paycheques this weekend.

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LAST WORD: Class of 2009

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I'm bracing myself...

For the deafening Miller/McSlippery chorus... demanding an immediate, all-encompassing ban on sharp metallic objects...

Bystanders looked on helplessly this afternoon as a 29-year-old Toronto man was repeatedly stabbed and killed outside a west-end film studio. Police were questioning a suspect tonight in Toronto’s 14th slaying of the year.

Plania said the attack, with what he described as a 15-cm. hunting knife, was swift and brutal, felling the victim instantly.

No knife... no funeral.

That's how it works... right, guys?

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UPDATE: Arrest in latest murder

On Friday, police announced Shahin Pirouzi of Toronto was charged with second-degree murder. He was to appear at the Old City Hall courts later in the day.

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RELATED: In other knifing news...

A man has been taken to hospital after being slashed in his head in the city's northwest end.

Emergency crews found the victim, in his mid-20s, in front of a Jane St. apartment building, just north of Sheppard Ave. W., with a "laceration to his forehead," just after 1:30 p.m., Toronto Ambulance duty officer Connie Christie said.

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FROM THE COMMENTS:

"I'll look forward to the inevitable "Ban Knives" Facebook page... that'll teach them."

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I Blame Geography

Once again, the mysterious curse of Northwest Toronto strikes down a hapless citizen...

A man believed to be in his 50s has died in hospital after a daylight stabbing on Weston Road, north of Lawrence Avenue. Police said they are looking for one suspect who fled in a red sport utility vehicle.

He is described as a [insert speculation here] in his late 20s or early 30s, five-foot-eleven, slim build and long curly hair. He was wearing all black clothing and a black toque.

Oh my gawd... it's ninjas!!!

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UPDATE: Slain man 54th murder victim...

David Blacquiere, 54, a father of four from Angus stabbed to death Tuesday morning in Toronto’s northwest end may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, police say.

Police say Blacquiere’s attacker fled the scene with the help of another man. Demetrius McFarquhar, 24, of Toronto is wanted for accessory after the fact to murder, attempting to obstruct justice and failure to comply with recognizance.

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UPDATE2: The usual suspects...Toronto... get out while you still can.

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RELATED: And then, there's Regent Park...

...renowned home to neurosurgeons and particle physicists...

A man is in hospital with critical injuries following a shooting near Regent Park late Monday night.

Shots rang out near Dundas and Parliament streets at around 11 p.m.

Which is how pre-adolescent area children know it's time to come inside.

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RELATED2: The criminality spreads...

According to police, investigators believe that the two suspects in the recent incidents are likely responsible for a total of six carjacking and attempted carjacking incidents in Ajax over the past month.

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LAST WORD: Curse you, Samuel de Champlain...

Slavery was introduced by French colonialists in the early 1600s and remained a feature of early Canadian life for 200 years — until it was abolished throughout British North America in 1834.

We will commence pulling down statuary in three... two...

A couple of years at...

..."Re-education Camp" and he'll be good as new...I'm so old, I remember when we had free speech...

It is unwise to ask difficult questions, comrade.

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RELATED: Hey, Toronto... wanna save kids lives?

Bulldoze Flemingdon Park...

"A 15-year-old boy is in hospital after being shot multiple times in an underground parking garage on Rochefort Drive, near Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue, shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday."

Not to mention parts of the city's notorious "northwest" combat zone...

"Det. Sgt. Mike Carbone says the shooting took place on Saturday in a crowded townhouse complex in the city's northwest end. He alleges a man entered the complex, explored for several minutes, and shot 31-year-old Dwayne Vidal in the back as he walked from a parking lot to his home."

Maybe clean up "Steel City" while we're at it...

Two men wanted in connection to a shooting in Hamilton earlier this month have been arrested in Toronto.

Donovan Hines, 19, and Akua Page, 18, are facing several charges after they were tracked down by Toronto police.

Get out your Decoder Rings...

...yet another mysterious shooting in the "Northwest" end of Toronto...

"A 20-year-old man and a 19-year-old pregnant woman are recovering after being shot while inside an Etobicoke apartment early Tuesday. Emergency crews were called to 2757 Kipling Ave., a highrise apartment building located south of Steeles Avenue, for a shooting at 1:22 a.m. July 4."

There is a vague description of the shooter, who wore dark clothing.

There's an update here... Toronto cops bag assortment of usual knuckleheads...

Seraphin McKenzie, 32, Tola Paul, 32, and Edsel Augustin, 29, all of Toronto, were arrested at 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 6. They were each charged with two counts of attempted murder and several gun offences.

The suspects and victims were known to each other, police said.

So much for that "vague description of the shooter" thing.

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RELATED: Silence of the BLMs

A 29-year-old man, Randy Amofa is wanted for two counts of attempted murder in connection with a North York hit-and-run on Tuesday night that left three pedestrians injured, Toronto police confirm. Amofa is facing a number of charges including two counts of attempted murder, four counts of assault with a weapon, and one count of threatening death.

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UPDATE: There's a familiar name...

A man is sought after a vehicle ran down three people — two of whom are sisters of 2007 teen murder victim Jordan Manners — on a North York sidewalk late Tuesday.

Never an automobile registry around when you need one.

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LAST WORD: Toronto Star says...

...murder... it's not entirely a bad thing...

"Regent Park community comes together after fatal shooting"

Sorry, Jimmy Olsen... the only "coming together" you'll see in Regent Park is small, furtive groups after the sun goes down.

Smell the "professional journalism"...

Citypulse News in Toronto decides not to identify armed drug dealers, because, well... I can only speculate...

Investigators say that along with the guns and ammunition, they also found large quantities of cocaine and fentanyl. They say two 28-year-old men -- one from Toronto and the other from London -- are facing a combined total of 45 charges.

Well, we wouldn't want to hurt anybody's feelings... right?

Relax, guys... I got ya...

On Sunday, April 14, 2019, Heysham Baity, 28, of Toronto was arrested. He is charged with:

1. three counts of Careless Storage of a Firearm
2. three counts of Possess Loaded Firearm
3. three counts of Possess Restricted or Prohibited Firearm without holding a license and registration Certificate
4. three counts of Possess Restricted or Prohibited Firearm knowingly not holding a license and registration Certificate
5. two counts of Possess Firearm with Altered Serial Number
6. three counts of Careless Storage of Ammunition
7. Possess Prohibited Device
8. Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Over
9. Obstruct Police Officer
10. two counts of Possess Firearm While Prohibited
13. Possession of Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (Cocaine)
14. Possession of Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (Cocaine)
15. Possession of Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (Fentynal)


On Sunday, April 14, 2019, Dominique Mossel, 28, of London has been charged with:

1. two counts of Careless Storage of a Firearm
2. two counts of Possess Loaded Firearm
3. two counts of Possess Restricted or Prohibited Firearm without holding a license and registration Certificate
4. two counts of Possess Restricted or Prohibited Firearm knowingly not holding a license and registration Certificate
5. two counts of Possess Firearm with Altered Serial Number
6. two counts of Careless Storage of Ammunition
7. Possess Prohibited Device
8. Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Over
9. Obstruct Police Officer
10. two counts of Possess Firearm While Prohibited
11. two counts of Possession of Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (Cocaine)
12. Possession of Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (Fentynal)

Both men are scheduled to appear in court at Old City Hall Courts on Monday, April 15, 2019.

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RELATED: No missing names here...

A 77-year-old man, Wilfred Kent Truman is dead after he was attacked at his home in Toronto’s northwest end. A man with the same last name as the victim was arrested Monday evening.

Kyle Truman, 49, of Toronto, has been charged with first-degree murder.

Funny how that works.

Notorious "Northwest end" of Toronto...

...yet again...

The homicide unit is investigating after a male was shot to death early Monday morning in north Etobicoke at Jamestown Crescent and John Garland Boulevard at around 12:30 a.m. There’s no word yet on suspects.

Yup... that northwest end.

UPDATE: Farhan Jama, 28, was pronounced dead on scene.

According to police, 20 casings were recovered from the scene and they believe there are multiple shooters.

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MEANWHILE BACK IN LITTLE JAMAICA:

Two women are injured after being shot outside of Greens Bar and Restaurant at Oakwood Avenue and Vaughan Road, right before 2:30 a.m. earlier this morning. There is one suspect and police say that he is a black man armed with a gun.

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RELATED: It's not a murder per se...

...just a "deadly assault."

They arrested Peter last week. Now they've scooped up Fantasia and O’Neil.

Of course, they're still looking for Corey...

Those homicidal Torontonians...

...solving your problems the "old fashioned" way...

A Scarborough man, Mansour Jalali, 53, charged with first-degree murder in the April killing of a woman is reportedly the victim’s husband.

Toronto Police answered a call for medical assistance on Bonis Ave. — in the Kennedy Rd.-Sheppard Ave. E. area — at 11:30 a.m. on April 3. Officers found the body of Chiou-Shuang “Susan” Chen, 40, inside.

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RELATED: Obviously she wasn't listening the first time

A Toronto man, Qalid Abderesak, 24, faces charges including attempted murder after allegedly showing up twice with a gun at a Vaughan law firm... and firing multiple shots through the front window of the office.

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LAST WORD: No Gun? No Problem...

...you can just beat a man to death...

A 36-year-old man, Nathan Ashman of Toronto was found with serious injuries. He was rushed to hospital by paramedics where he was later pronounced dead.

“The number one challenge is ALWAYS to find witnesses who will come forward,” said Insp. Norm Proctor.

Toronto's notorious northwest end spits up another body. And, of course, nobody is snitching.

No doubt heads will roll...

...Toronto Sun writer forgets to use perennial codewords "northwest end of the city"...

A 41-year-old man is in custody after a fatal stabbing, (or, as it is commonly referred to outside journalism circles... "murder") in the Jane St. and Finch Ave. area Tuesday morning.

The age and identity of the victim have not been released, pending notification of next of kin.

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BONUS GEOGRAPHY ROUND: Jane, Finch... Jane Finch...

...that sounds so familiar...

Meanwhile, police are still trying to determine who killed Virgil Jack, 31, of Toronto, who was found dead in Derrydowns Park, near Jane St. and Finch Ave.

“She was stabbed multiple times; I’m not talking once, I’m not talking twice, I’m not even talking three or four times,” Const. David Hopkinson said.

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RELATED: Toronto... come for the shopping...

...stay for the assassinations...

The Toronto Police Service is requesting assistance identifying six people involved in an investigation into an Attempt Murder at Yorkdale Shopping Centre.

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LAST WORD: The war zone

Officers responded to the area of Gerrard Street and Logan Avenue at around 8 p.m. Monday night for reports of a shooting nearby.

After the firearm was seized, the male suspect allegedly smashed police cruisers before escaping the area on foot.

The suspect has been described as a black man wearing blue jeans and no shoes. Police say anyone who spots him should treat him as though he is armed.

Get out while you still can.

In other "Tales of Transformative Justice"

Mayor's office, yet again, strangely silent... on which scout troop, er... gun club... he belonged to.

-- TORONTO -- A 13-year-old boy was found with a loaded handgun in Toronto's northwest end, police said this morning. The boy was being investigated as part of a shooting investigation in the Jane St. and Falstaff Ave. area, south of Wilson Ave., when cops found the gun around 6:45 p.m. yesterday, Toronto Police said in a news release.

He was charged with unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized, possession of a prohibitedfirearm with ammunition and carrying a concealed weapon.

Of course, under the Young Offenders Act... he was home before bedtime.

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RELATED: A disturbing culture of violence

Inside the low-income building and on surrounding streets, police continued to probe the latest, and perhaps most disturbing, blast of gun violence in the 12 Division patrol area.

So far this year, eight of Toronto's 20 homicides, including four shooting deaths in the past month, have taken place there.

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Or, as it's known in Hogtown...

...Wednesday.

Homicide #47/2020...

TORONTO • A man found suffering from a gunshot wound inside a parked vehicle in North York shortly before 5 a.m. Wednesday morning has died in hospital, Toronto police confirm.

Officers were called to Stilecroft Drive, a residential area near Keele Street and Sheppard Avenue, for a report of a shooting.

Ah, yes... the notorious "northwest" end of Toronto.

Toronto Police Inspector Mandeep Mann says officials are treating it as a "targeted shooting"... as opposed to one of those tragic, all too common, "cleaning your gun in the front seat of your parked car" incidents.