WARMINGTON: Rash of shootings, gun murders a sad new normal in Toronto
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Eight shootings in 24 hours.
Two of them were homicides. All in popular and populated areas.
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Welcome to Toronto in 2018.
In this year of death, Toronto has now recorded 95 murders. Each one after 89 was a new record.
Homicide No. 94 happened early Tuesday morning outside an apartment building on San Romanoway. Then No. 95 happened Wednesday at 12:10 a.m. along King Street West and Spadina Avenue.
“A man was walking with a group of people when he was approached by the suspect,” said Toronto Police.
“He suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and was transported to hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.”
A woman was also shot but will survive.
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Whoever did the shooting fled the area in a vehicle believed to be a blue Mazda.
I realize Mayor John Tory, Chief Mark Saunders and Premier Doug Ford may not want to hear or admit it but the gangs are in control of Toronto’s streets.
The killers can strike anytime they want, and shoot — and kill — at will.
It’s their turf. Their killing fields. Many times innocent people catch their reckless crossfire bullets.
Eight shootings in 24 hours is not even a story in Toronto anymore. The media is more interested in the shortage of Christmas trees or piling on Premier Ford for whatever his latest decision was.
And the public just yawns. Like I’ve noticed this year, there have been so many murders that many times you may find no flowers — Sun photographer Dave Abel captured just one bouquet.
Murder is part of us and glossing it over is something we have all become pretty good at.
But when you think about Ruma Amar, 29, being shot to death by a stray bullet at a bowling alley or Jenas Nyarko being murdered in the back of a car, or Jonny Gayle-West, 29, shot in his car or the senseless deaths of Rocco Scavetta, 65, in a flea market or Nnamdi Ogba, 26, walking to his car or Matthew Staikos, 37 out for a walk in Yorkville and you realize not only could it be somebody you know but it could be you as well.
Everyday it’s someone new being shot.
The media somehow only cares if it’s an innocent person — which has happened far too often in 2018.
The eighth shooting in these past few days happened Wednesday afternoon in front of Firgrove Public School in the Jane and Finch area — a drive by shooter shot at a man getting into an SUV.
Of course, it’s not surprising that the gangsters would open fire in front of an elementary school, since they will shoot at each other in a playground or trade gunfire with an eight-year-old on his way to buy a chocolate bar.
I know the people in power will say Toronto is safer there than most big cities — except, of course, these past 24 hours and a whole bunch of other times this year.
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