Suspect allegedly shot 3 relatives in downtown Toronto, killing 2 of them
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A man allegedly shot three of his relatives in Toronto, killing two of them, in an incident that began at a home and spilled onto a busy downtown street Tuesday afternoon, Toronto police said.
A man allegedly shot three of his relatives in Toronto, killing two of them, in an incident that began at a home and spilled onto a busy downtown street Tuesday afternoon, Toronto police said.
Officers from the 51 Division responded to Dundas Street East, just east of Parliament Street, in Regent Park at around 1:30 p.m. for reports of the sound of gunshots.
When they arrived, officers found two men and a woman suffering from gunshot wounds. Police said one man was pronounced dead at the scene while the other man died from his injuries in hospital.
The woman was rushed to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and police said she would be released soon.
"Shortly after officers attended the scene they located a suspect and engaged in a foot pursuit," Det. Sgt. Tiffany Castell said in a news conference at the scene Tuesday evening.
She added that it was a brief pursuit but resulted in an altercation that injured two officers. Castell would not provide further details about the altercation but said one officer was wounded in the arm while the other was injured in the legs.
"Thankfully, they're okay," she said, noting that one officer had already been discharged from the hospital.
