Category: Toronto Shooting

Man Shot and Killed in Toronto’s Greektown, Hours After Memorial for Mass Shooting

A man died after a shooting in Toronto’s Greektown early Sunday morning, just hours after a memorial marking the fifth anniversary of a mass shooting in the same neighbourhood. Gunshots rang out near Danforth and Carlaw avenues at around 3:30 a.m., city police said, and the man who was shot died in hospital a short…


Suspect Charged With Murder After Mother of Two Killed by Stray Bullet in Toronto

A 32-year-old man from Toronto has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder over the death of a woman who was killed by a stray bullet in Toronto’s east end last week. Karolina Huebner-Makurat, a 44-year-old mother of two, was killed while walking in Toronto’s Leslieville neighbourhood on Friday shortly past noon, an incident that…


Family, Friends to Gather for Funeral of Man Shot in Condo Building North of Toronto

The family of a man who was among five people killed in a shooting rampage at a Toronto-area condo says the 59-year-old’s funeral will be held at a mosque today. Police have said Naveed Dada and four others were killed on Sunday night by a 73-year-old gunman who was later shot dead by police. Dada…


Remembering the Lives Lost in the Vaughan Condo Shooting Rampage

The five people killed after a 73-year-old man went on a shooting rampage at his Toronto-area condo are being remembered as kind community members who were loved by their families. Police have said Francesco Villi, who was involved in a lengthy dispute with his condo board, killed three board members and two of their partners on…


Estranged Daughters of Condo Gunman Say He Was ‘Abusive Husband and Father’

The gunman in a Toronto-area condo shooting rampage was a “controlling and abusive husband and father” who was estranged from his children, his three daughters say in a statement. Francesco Villi killed five people—three condo board members and their partners—in a shooting at his Vaughan, Ont., highrise Sunday night, police say. Three daughters of the…


‘We’re Gonna Stick Together’: Ontario Condo Residents Help Each Other After Shooting

Residents of a condominium complex north of Toronto are coming together to support one another after five people were killed in a shooting at one of its buildings. Patricia Acara said she has been been checking in daily with residents and staff at her Vaughan, Ont., complex since Sunday night’s shooting, which ended with the…