Toronto sees record number of shootings in 2019, but fewer deaths GlobeToronto
. But while those numbers were up, police recorded 44 deaths, down from 51 in 2018. By comparison, 2005’s “year of the gun” logged 53 deaths – the highest on record – and 262 shootings.
In December, 22-year-old student Jeremy Urbina was shot more than 10 times and killed while taking out the garbage from his apartment building at Leslie Street and Finch Avenue East in what police said was likely a random event. As with any police-reported data, the police service’s shooting numbers should be taken with caution, Prof. Owusu-Bempah warned. “We can’t just look at the raw numbers. We can’t look year-over-year; we need to look at long-term trends,” he said.
“People in the Jane and Finches, the Rexdales and the Regent Parks, they're used to it,” he said. “But now, it's becoming something everyone else is aware of, and they're not willing to get used to it. That's where we're feeling a shift. It's almost to a point where it's unbearable now.” At his year-end news conference, Chief Saunders said the service was making progress in its fight against gang violence, the largest contributor to shootings in the city. “I don’t have to tell anyone here that 2019 was a busy year in the city of Toronto,” he said.Facing increasing pressure to address gun and gang violence, the police announced a series of initiatives in 2019.
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