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Toronto Shooting

Shooting at Toronto pub leaves 12 injured. Photo Courtesy: Unsplash

Canada: Shooting at Toronto pub leaves 12 injured, three suspects at large

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Mar 08, 2025, at 06:23 pm

#Toronto #Toronto Pub # Toronto Pub Shooting

Three suspects are currently at large after a mass shooting incident at a pub in Toronto city on Friday left at least 12 people wounded.

The shooting at the Piper Arms pub near Scarborough town centre in eastern Toronto happened at 22:39pm on Friday local time (03:39 GMT), reported The Guardian.

Toronto Police posted on X: "12 injured, including 6 with gunshot wounds. No fatalities, injuries non-life-threatening."

SHOOTING: (UPDATE)
Progress Ave + Corporate Drive
10:39pm
Scrum Updates:
-12 injured, including 6 with gunshot wounds
-no fatalities, injuries non-life-threatening
-victim ages from 20s-mid 50s
-three male shooting suspects
-TPS deploying all available resources to locate &…
— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) March 8, 2025

The police said the victims are aged between 20 and 50s.

Police said all the suspects in the incident were male.

Police said they have deployed all available resources to locate and arrest those involved in the incident.

The suspects “walked into the bar. They produced their guns, and they opened fire indiscriminately on the people sitting inside the bar Supt Paul MacIntyre of Toronto’s organised crime enforcement branch was quoted as saying by The Guardian.

Paul MacIntyre said the motive behind the attack is still not known.

Toronto Mayor reacts

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow wrote on X: "I am deeply troubled to hear reports of a shooting at a pub in Scarborough. I have spoken to Chief Demkiw and he has assured me all necessary resources have been deployed. This is an early and ongoing investigation - police will provide further details. My thoughts are with the victims and their families."

I am deeply troubled to hear reports of a shooting at a pub in Scarborough. I have spoken to Chief Demkiw and he has assured me all necessary resources have been deployed. This is an early and ongoing investigation - police will provide further details. My thoughts are with the…
— Mayor Olivia Chow 🇨🇦 (@MayorOliviaChow) March 8, 2025

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