Over 100 people marched from Toronto's City Hall to Queen's Park Saturday calling for an end to gun violence in the city.
The number of shootings and gun deaths in Toronto this year have already surpassed 2023 numbers. Saturday’s march honoured the victims of gun violence and their families, as well as advocate Louis March.Over 100 people marched from Toronto's City Hall to Queen's Park Saturday calling for an end to gun violence in the city. More than a hundred people marched through the streets of downtown Toronto Saturday.
Although shootings were down in Toronto in 2023, gun violence has been on the rise this year, according to data from Toronto police. To date in 2024, there have been 338 shootings in Toronto, the highest number since 2020, and 35 people have died from gun violence. In all of 2023, there were 231 shootings and 22 gun-related deaths.Evelyn Fox's son, Kiesinger Gunn, was killed by a stray bullet outside a Toronto night club in 2016. He was 26, and left behind four children of his own, she said.
She says the pain has never fully gone away, and she wants to see more government action to address the root causes of gun violence.Toronto police say most shootings in the city are targeted, isolated incidents linked to gang violence, something police are working to address through a number of community programs.
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