‘The suspect vehicle made a U-turn and engaged in firing,’ the police chief said. The two males were targeted and the woman was an innocent bystander
TORONTO — Police say a 21-year-old man is dead and a boy and a woman were wounded in a shooting in downtown Toronto.Saunders said the two males were targeted and the woman was an innocent bystander.“We don’t know where the victims were coming from. There were walking in two groups of two,” Saunders told a news conference Tuesday on the street near the shooting scene.
“As they crossed on to the west side of the curb, that is when the suspect vehicle made a U-turn and engaged in firing.” They were reports of people screaming and running from the scene near the intersection of King and Peter streets.Police say the wounded include a 15-year-old boy and a 27-year-old woman. Both are expected to recover.“By all indications it looks like the female who was shot has absolutely nothing to do with this, absolutely nothing,” he said.
“Just standing there and because of the suspect just shooting randomly an innocent person was caught in that crossfire.” Saunders said police are confident they will solve the case because of the amount of evidence they have already collected.Toronto city councillor Joe Cressy, who represents the area where the shooting took place, expressed his disappointment on Twitter.
“Our vibrant downtown community shaken,” Cressy wrote. “While Toronto Police Services investigates and our city’s crisis response team mobilizes to support those affected, collectively as a city we must all loudly reject this violence and work to stop it.”
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