Part Of Downtown Core Shut Down After Shooting
Posted November 21, 2006 12:00 pm.
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As one witness described, “It was fast, crazy, and insane.”
And for Torontonians still reeling from one of the city’s darkest moments when 15-year-old Jane Creba was felled by bullets during a Boxing Day shootout on Yonge St., the sound of gunshots ringing out in that same area Tuesday night marked a lack of respect for life, and to some, a lack of progress in the ongoing battle against gunplay.
Officers say at least six shots were fired at a car near O’Keefe Lane and Shuter Street, just east of Yonge.
A large area surrounding the crime scene was closed to traffic while police recovered evidence.
“Upon arrival the officers found a number of casings indicating shot has been fired. Witnesses indicate that a vehicle was seen leaving the scene, and at this point in time we’re continuing our investigation. We have no victim,” reveals Insp. Gordon Jones.
Details are sketchy, but reports indicate a man fired shots at a passing Cadillac with four people inside.
It doesn’t appear as though anyone was hit, and the car sped away.
“Two males fired at four or five other males in a car like a few meters away from me and just ran off,” one witness relayed.
Police believe the trouble may have started at a Popeye’s fast food outlet, but haven’t confirmed anything yet.
Authorities are checking hospitals throughout the city to see if anyone has been admitted suffering from gunshot wounds.
