Solving gun and community violence in East York a complicated issue
A ban on assault weapons and a “red flag law” to reduce suicide by gun death are among soilutions proposed for the increase in gun violence.
A ban on assault weapons and a “red flag law” to reduce suicide by gun death are among soilutions proposed for the increase in gun violence.
Police are investigating after finding shell casings at Vendome Place and Grenoble Drive. They had received calls about gunshots being heard.
A man in his 40s is dead after being shot outside a social club in East York about 10 p.m. last night.
The Toronto Police collected 108 guns and 8,000 rounds of ammunition in a recent two-week gun amnesty program.
Zaid Youssef was one of three young men fatally shot Oct. 6 in Toronto. A 15-year-old student from James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High School and a man in his early 20s were also killed by gunfire. “There is obviously a [gun] issue in Toronto,” said Lekan Olawoye, Ward 12 council candidate.
Police arrested a man on Nov. 21 at around noon for allegedly carrying a loaded revolver in his pocket on a TTC bus in Malvern. Police searched the man’s home, where they say they seized narcotics and another loaded revolver.