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Killer Hostage Situation In Toronto
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» michaeldino a répondu le Wed 25 Aug, 2004 @ 3:16pm |
 Coolness: 69105 | Police shoot man in armed stand-off
[ canada.com ] Wednesday, August 25, 2004 TORONTO -- An armed hostage-taking at Toronto's busy Union Station ended just before 9 a.m. with a man being shot dead by a police sharpshooter, leaving the hostage shaken but unharmed and the normally bustling area eerily quiet. The dramatic hostage-taking ended with a bullet to the gunman's head as television cameras clearly captured every moment of the violent takedown and hundreds of horrified office workers looked on in disbelief. After a tense 40-minute confrontation, the single shot was fired by a member of the police Emergency Task Force. The female hostage, who appeared to be in her 20s and was simply passing by when she was grabbed by the man, was led away from the area by police and taken to hospital by a waiting ambulance. Her name was not released. "I was standing and watching the police officers hiding behind a wall with their guns drawn and then suddenly a big bang,'' said Conrad Zaleski, 52, who works in the area. "The police officers just got up and started running towards Union Station. All the police drew their guns, ambulances started moving.'' The victim was conscious on arrival at hospital and Community Safety Minister Monte Kwinter said she was "injured, but slightly.'' Soon afterwards, a body covered by a tarp was seen lying on the ground not far from the train station's main entrance. Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino said the man was "mortally wounded. "It's a regrettable and unfortunate outcome but the officers did their job," Fantino said in a live news conference from outside Union Station about one hour after the shooting. Fantino said the incident began shortly before 8 a.m. in the food court of the TD Centre on Wellington Street where a woman, apparently the gunman's wife, was shot in the head. She was rushed to St. Michael's Hospital. She was not badly hurt and was to be discharged from hospital Wednesday, a spokesman said. A description of a suspect from that shooting was broadcast over police radio and an officer working a paid-duty at the Fairmount Royal York Hotel on Front Street attempted to stop a man who matched that description, Fantino said. The unidentified man, described as about six-feet tall and well dressed in a sports shirt, fled toward Union Station, with the officer in pursuit. When he reached the south side of Front Street near the main entrance of Union Station, he grabbed a woman on the sidewalk just outside the hectic train station and held a gun to her head. "(The gun) was pointed several times at the police officer as well as at the woman that had been taken hostage," Fantino said. The officer attempted to negotiate with the suspect while heavily-armed police tactical officers surrounded the area, closing off Front Street from Bay Street to Yonge Street. A police negotiator was brought in and attempt to talk to the suspect. "His movements were threatening all along,'' said Fantino. Concerned that the situation would escalate and others could be hurt, a police marksman fired a single shot, killing the man. Union Station was also closed, although passengers arriving on GO Trains could exit the station through the underground mall. The GO Bus terminal had been closed and buses were being diverted to Queen's Quay and Yonge Street. It is not clear what prompted the incident. Premier Dalton McGuinty expressed relief that the hostage was unharmed but Kwinter said emergency procedures around Union Station, the central point for all rail traffic in the region, may need to be reviewed. The province's Special Investigations Unit has been called in to probe the incident. The SIU is a civilian agency that investigates circumstances involving police and civilians which have resulted in serious injury, sexual assault or death. © [ canada.com ] with files from Canadian Press 2004 |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» El_Presidente a répondu le Wed 25 Aug, 2004 @ 3:44pm |
 Coolness: 299455 | apparently the gunman's wife, was shot in the head. She was rushed to St. Michael's Hospital. She was not badly hurt and was to be discharged from hospital Wednesday, a spokesman said.
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope a répondu le Fri 27 Aug, 2004 @ 2:24pm |
 Coolness: 201355 | He also took taste, style, and fashion in Toronto hostage and killed them outright. |
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