Toronto Shooting – A Black Sunday For Canada

In another tragic turn of events, a gunman dressed in black opened fire on a hustling street of Toronto, on Sunday night leaving two people dead and 12 injured – which also includes a young girl. This 29-year-old gunman was also found dead, and it is believed that he died ensuing the aftermath in downtown Toronto neighborhood, Greektown. 

The video footage from one of the witnesses shows a man robed in black clothes and a black hat walking rapidly and firing shots from the street into the restaurant. People around heard about 20 shots and the sound of the weapon being reloaded multiple times. 

As per Police Chief Mark Saunders, of the two victims killed one was a woman. A young girl of eight is in critical condition and is currently under medical aid.

Police presently can’t seem to discharge any affirmed details of this late night Sunday shooting. Canadian TV channels showed pictures of numerous ambulances and other specialists at the scene, with a few people being taken care of by paramedics. 

As far as the motive of the shooting is concerned, the police have till now only said that the shooting was not related to a gang or some group, but rather it appears that it was done by someone who was emotionally disturbed. 

While Twitter exploded with comments about this being a repercussion of Toronto being a sanctuary state and blaming it on the immigrants, neither the police nor the administration seems to be accepting this accusation.

This episode comes in the midst of an outbreak of more than 200 shootings in Toronto this year. Around two dozen of these have been deadly. Conventionally speaking, Canada has relatively lower levels of gun-related violence, as compared to the United States, however, guns are still readily available to people, and this incident is another example of a senseless massacre. Toronto police have now deployed additional officers to deal with the current rise in gun violence.