Shooting at Toronto's Eaton Centre Mall

Shooting at Toronto's Eaton Centre Mall

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Toronto police say there has been a shooting at the Eaton Centre, a shopping mall in the downtown core. The mall has been surrounded by emergency vehicles.

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This is becoming all too frequent.
In a busy place full of people just minding their own business.
Criminals and their like are pushing the envelope.
Of course everyone in the mall was helpless to this criminal, who is still on the run with a subway system and surrounding downtown district to fall back on.

Criminals don't understand who they could hurt or even care.

From facebook, public domain;

"Stephen-
In Toronto for our Anniversary decide to go to Eaton Centre to shop and we find ourselves in a shooting spree
Back at hotel having a drink
Happy Anniversary honey lol"

"Bonnie-
People pray for Curtis!! There was a shooting in Toronto by the food court where he was at the time. It happened right behind him. He didn't see but it was so close his ears are ringing! This is not what a mother wants to hear!!! It happened 10 minutes from where he lives. The shooter is still out there. Oh dear Lord protect my son!!!"

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The scum of the Earth always like to harm the innocent. Should be strung up by his thumbs and let at by the families involved. Like old Chechnya law.

reply to post by yourmaker


Torontos tontos....stayed away from there in the earlier days

Has anyone been bitten ?

reply to post by samsamm9


Lol I was wondering the same thing

Hope they catch this criminal before he does
something else. Some folks will never be
the same if caught up in a shooting spree or
worse yet - get shot. Any word on the victim
taken away in ambulance?

Originally posted by crazydaisy
Hope they catch this criminal before he does
something else. Some folks will never be
the same if caught up in a shooting spree or
worse yet - get shot. Any word on the victim
taken away in ambulance?

On a serious note , you are 100 % right .
Let's hope no one has been hurt

Viewer CP24 @ 7 p.m. - Saturday, June 2, 2012 Shooting at Eaton Centre - extended video View larger image An aerial view of the scene outside the Eaton Centre on June 2, 2012. (Jessica Gorlicky/MyBreakingNews) Police cars are seen outside the Eaton Centre Saturday evening, following a reported shooting inside the mall. (CP24.com) View larger image One of the victims in a shooting at the Eaton Centre Saturday evening is shown being rushed to an awaiting ambulance. (CP24) Emergency crews have descended on the Eaton Centre for a reported shooting inside the mall's food court.

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Apairently 2 injured and the shooting took place in the food court


Also ..

Toronto Blue Jay Brett Lawrie tweeted that he was inside the mall at the time and sprinted to safety.

My friends were there - decided at the last minute not to eat at the food court (shooting location) just before it started. They watched this guy get shot. Pic from her phone here.



Update

Against all our hopes, someone has now died. 7 injured. 2 critical condition.

Crime is actually down in most Cities especially since the late 80's and 90's. Things were way worse back then but I guess continuing to post each and every shooting that takes place around the World makes it seem that things are more violent now a days.

Back in my day, Gangsters didn't wear Skin Tight jeans because they had to hide there GUN.

Big buckets of BUMMER.
It is too bad there were not any armed citizens there to protect the general population.
Toronto ehh?
I thought there was gun control up there?

I have a friend who is talking to a witness, plus 3 friends who fled from the shooting and luckily made decisions not to eat at the food court that night, amazingly. Update will be forthcoming. 1 person has died, 7 injured/in hospital, 2 of which are critical.

CP24 news

Originally posted by g146541
Big buckets of BUMMER.
It is too bad there were not any armed citizens there to protect the general population.
Toronto ehh?
I thought there was gun control up there?

It only takes one ( possibly illegal ) gun.
Torontoans in general are not used to this kind of thing. Their country has been relatively "safe" in public areas compared to the US. I've been in this very mall right in the heart of the city many times, and it's a huge multi-level shopping mecca, crowded with both tourists and residents on weekend afternoons especially.
I hope the shooter is found and due process ensues. And that no one else dies.

I know this happened in Canada, but this is exactly why people carry firearms to the grocery store. The other thread about the cop who shot the gentleman who was legally carrying a concealed firearm should take note of this instance where he would have been able to defend himself. So sad that the people in this instance were unable to defend themselves.

According to Const. Victor Kwong, the interior search of the mall has ended and the shooter is still at-large.

CP24 News

Const. Victor Kwong of the Toronto police said that one victim was pronounced dead at the downtown shopping mall. Two more are in critical condition and another has "life-threatening" injuries.

It is not yet clear whether all the injuries resulted from the gun shots.

CBC News

Note: the non-gun shot related wounds are estimated to be from the melee of those fleeing the scene. Please keep this life threatening situation in mind when faced with a critical situation like this, one and all. I didn't think that trampling like this still happened, but what a terrible reason to lose a life! I am so, so saddened right now.

I can't be with my friends to soothe them, who were witnesses to this (see picture above to get an idea of how close). I just moved away from the city recently and am both relieved and torn.

reply to post by QueSeraSera

It only takes one ( possibly illegal ) gun.

Agreed, and this only proves that guns can be gotten.
There have been guns confiscated from prison inmates, if I can get one there, I'll get one anywhere.
Gun control never works, but if there was a person there to protect the innocents, this could have turned out differently.

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Google Jane Creba. RIP. I will let the facts of that case and this case state my point.

Male, 25, dead
Male, 20, critical condition
Male, 13, critical condition
Female, no age given, serious condition
Male, no age given, serious condition
Female, no age given, serious condition
Pregnant female, no age given, went into labour after being knocked down
Female, no age given, grazed by bullet


"At this time we do not have the shooter," said Kwong. Investigators have not yet released a description of the suspect, nor clarified whether they are looking for more than one person.

CBC News Update

RIP Jane Creba, 15 years old, killed in 2005 while Christmas shopping at same location.

WHY are rampaging killers adding to the death toll?