TORONTO EATON CENTRE SHOOTING KILLS 1, INJURES 7

[gemini07]

word is the victim/target is somali & recently got out of prison.

His family is from downtown, ilahaay haa uu naxariisto

AUN.

[hipsterrunoff]

So, I just heard the victim was Somali and that he was in fact the intended target of the shooter. It has also been reported that this is all gang related. Smh, Somalis!

[Jaidi]

Dude was Somali it's true, coverage is awful though. How can guilt or innocence be conveyed on victim? The implication that he was targeted is that it's deserved.

[Jaidi]

So, I just heard the victim was Somali and that he was in fact the intended target of the shooter. It has also been reported that this is all gang related. Smh, Somalis!

Lol at gang related that is code for black dude with criminal record in Toronto. What gangs?

[yungnfresh]

So, I just heard the victim was Somali and that he was in fact the intended target of the shooter. It has also been reported that this is all gang related. Smh, Somalis!

Lol at gang related that is code for black dude with criminal record in Toronto. What gangs?

Spot on.

Victim is cadaan with no criminal record: innocent bystander.

Victim is cadaan with criminal record: troubled individual who was trying to turn their life around.

Victim is madow with no criminal record: possibly gang-related.

Victim is madow with a criminal record: police confirmed the killing was gang-related and possibly due to a turf war over drugs.

[Jaidi]

So, I just heard the victim was Somali and that he was in fact the intended target of the shooter. It has also been reported that this is all gang related. Smh, Somalis!

Lol at gang related that is code for black dude with criminal record in Toronto. What gangs?

Spot on.

Victim is cadaan with no criminal record: innocent bystander.

Victim is cadaan with criminal record: troubled individual who was trying to turn their life around.

Victim is madow with no criminal record: possibly gang-related.

Victim is madow with a criminal record: police confirmed the killing was gang-related and possibly due to a turf war over drugs.

Exactly how media and cops report things in Canada. They need a reason to justify outrageous budgets in extremely safe cities. Ottawa and Toronto police combined have budgets the size of plenty of countries GDP. This despite their crime rates being the lowest for cities in North America and probably the West.

[Methylamine]

So, I just heard the victim was Somali and that he was in fact the intended target of the shooter. It has also been reported that this is all gang related. Smh, Somalis!

Lol at gang related that is code for black dude with criminal record in Toronto. What gangs?

Spot on.

Victim is cadaan with no criminal record: innocent bystander.

Victim is cadaan with criminal record: troubled individual who was trying to turn their life around.

Victim is madow with no criminal record: possibly gang-related.

Victim is madow with a criminal record: police confirmed the killing was gang-related and possibly due to a turf war over drugs.

Exactly.

And we even have some posters passing judgement on this guy, subhanallah the man's dead show some respect

[tightrope]

Man was targeted in deadly Eaton Centre shooting
Ahmed Hassan identified as victim who was killed
CBC News
Posted: Jun 3, 2012 8:36 AM ET
Last Updated: Jun 3, 2012 6:23 PM ET

Toronto police say the shooting that left a man dead and six others wounded in the Eaton Centre food court was a targeted attack and investigators are trying to determine if it was gang-related.

Det. Sgt. Brian Borg told reporters that the shooting was reckless, but not directed at random targets, as Chief Bill Blair had previously said.

“Our investigation clearly suggests that this is a targeted shooting and not a random act of violence against the members of the general public,” Borg said during a Sunday afternoon news conference in Toronto.

“Regardless, it was committed in a busy mall, in the heart of the city, with no regard for members of the public, simply going about their everyday business and pleasure.”

Borg said it has not been “definitively determined” if it was a gang-motivated shooting, but police are investigating that possibility.

Borg said Ahmed Hassan, 24, of Toronto, was the man killed in the food court shooting and was known to police. He is believed to be the target of the attack that killed him.

The mall was locked down immediately after the shooting, but Borg said police did not locate any suspects during their search.

While an autopsy has not yet been completed, Borg said the victim was shot “multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene.”

Police believe that a single individual is responsible for the shooting, though they are not providing further details on that suspect at the moment.

Borg said six other people were wounded in the shooting:
A 25-year-old woman was wounded in her left leg and has been released from hospital.
A 22-year-old man was also wounded in his left leg and also released from hospital.
A 23-year-old man remains in hospital after suffering “multiple gunshot injuries” to his neck and chest.
A 13-year-old boy who was visiting from out of town with his family, was wounded in the head and remains in hospital.
A 30-year-old woman suffered a “gunshot-graze wound” to her abdomen and has been released from hospital.
A 22-year-old woman was wounded in the hand, but left hospital without treatment.

Additionally, a 28-year-old pregnant woman went into labour after being knocked down in the rush to flee the area. However, she was discharged from hospital on Sunday and did not give birth.

Mall to reopen on Monday

A day after the deadly shooting, the Eaton Centre remained closed to the public.

The mall website advised shoppers that the Eaton Centre and its parking garages would be closed on Sunday. A news release issued later in the day said that the facilities would reopen for regular business hours on Monday, though the food court won't open until Tuesday.

Following the shooting on Saturday, police worked through the night, gathering information about the circumstances surrounding the violence that erupted at about 6:30 p.m. ET, while hundreds of people were in the mall.

Nick Kalakonis, 22, was walking through the food court when the first shots rang out.

“The first two, I didn’t really know [what was happening],” he told CBC News overnight Saturday.

“But just when it got more repetitive and people started screaming and running, it was just like…someone’s getting shot.” Kalakonis said he saw people hit the deck and he did the same.

He got hit in the thigh by one of the bullets but managed to flee the mall unassisted.

After being treated in hospital, Kalakonis said he felt fortunate that his injuries weren't more serious.

“I feel grateful that I’m alive,” he said.

The Blue Jays’ third baseman, Brett Lawrie, was also at the mall when the shooting happened.

He told reporters at Rogers Centre on Sunday that he and a friend were actually in the food court just moments before the shooting started.

Lawrie said he heard a series of loud bangs and then saw people fleeing the area.

“It was as if you stepped on an ant hill and then everyone just flooded right out of the whole place," Lawrie said. "I just got out of there as fast as possible.”

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and police officials pleaded for the public not to presume that Toronto is a dangerous place, based on the violence that occurred at the Eaton Centre.

During the Sunday afternoon news conference, Acting Deputy Chief Jeff McGuire said the shooting may have scared the public, but police are investigating and it is an isolated incident.

“Pardon my phrase, but one idiot with a gun on a Saturday afternoon in downtown Toronto does not speak to the state of affairs of the City of Toronto,” he said.

Ford expressed confidence that the police will catch those responsible for the shooting.

“We’re not going to tolerate this in our city and we will make an arrest,” he said.

On a personal level, Ford said he found the violence “very upsetting as the mayor and as a father.”

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/s ... ation.html

[tightrope]

So, I just heard the victim was Somali and that he was in fact the intended target of the shooter. It has also been reported that this is all gang related. Smh, Somalis!

Lol at gang related that is code for black dude with criminal record in Toronto. What gangs?

Spot on.

Victim is cadaan with no criminal record: innocent bystander.

Victim is cadaan with criminal record: troubled individual who was trying to turn their life around.

Victim is madow with no criminal record: possibly gang-related.

Victim is madow with a criminal record: police confirmed the killing was gang-related and possibly due to a turf war over drugs.

CADAANS

[Nabeela]

I remember watching the breaking news and thinking, thank God Somalis aren't involved. smh