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The Toronto subway and bus services in the area were immediately closed or rerouted by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). [25] Parts of Yonge Street were cordoned off until late on April 24, 2018, for the police investigation. [47] [21] Civic buildings in the area were closed late April 23 and remained closed throughout April 24.
Toronto Police Service: Sammy Yatim was shot and killed by the Toronto Police Service on July 27, 2013. Yatim was in an empty streetcar and was brandishing a three-inch knife. Police officers told him to drop his weapon. Officer James Forcillo shot Yatim eight times, with six of the shots hitting Yatim as he allegedly fell to the floor.
Toronto police reports show that in 1970 alone 32 Little Italy businesses were burned down in cases of mob-related arson. [98] In 1970, the Toronto Mafiosi, Rocco Zito met with Vic Cotroni and Paolo Violi of Montreal's Cotroni family, and Paulo Gambino, the brother of Carlo Gambino of New York's Gambino family. [97]
At 10:30 pm on July 26, Sammy Yatim boarded a Toronto subway train [11] and transferred to a streetcar on route 505 Dundas around 11:45 pm. [12] Sometime afterwards, he drew his 12 cm (4.7 in) switchblade knife, [4] approached a passenger, [5] and told other passengers to remain on the streetcar, reportedly acting aggressively towards other passengers. [13]
The Toronto Police Service was founded in 1834 as Toronto Police Force or sometimes as Toronto Police Department, when the city of Toronto was first created from the town of York. Before that, local able-bodied male citizens were required to report for night duty as special constables for a fixed number of nights per year on penalty of fine or ...
People of Toronto left floral tributes for 10-year-old Julianna Kozis. Since Hussain was found dead after a shootout, the SIU looked into whether he was shot by police or shot himself. [12] On July 23, it removed a police cruiser from the scene and said the two officers in it were being investigated for their roles in the shootout.
Toronto Police Service reported that eight teenagers allegedly swarmed Lee over a three-minute period, repeatedly stabbing him. [4] The incident occurred hours before the nearby Vaughan shooting. [4] Bystanders summoned emergency services [4] to just north of Union Station. Lee was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died. [6]
Woodbine Building Supply was a hardware store on Toronto's east-end Danforth Avenue owned by Magno with his two brothers, Frank and Carlo, and started by their father years before. For several years the company had struggled to compete with a nearby Home Depot , and its owners had frequent disputes with local residents; it had been fined ...