3 Dead In Apparent Crossbow Attack In Toronto
Source: Huffington Post
TORONTO Paramedics say three people have been pronounced dead in east Toronto. Police say a crossbow was found nearby.
Const. David Hopkinson told CBC News that at least one victim had been struck by a crossbow bolt.
Paramedics said two men and a woman have died.
Const. Jennifer Sidhu says there were other "things'' found in the area that could have been used in the incident.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/08/25/crossbow-toronto-dead_n_11703556.html
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Checking some links, crossbows have some history in Canada as weapons of mayhem.
tclambert
(11,080 posts)A crossbow? People killed in Toronto? "Other things" found in the area?
6chars
(3,967 posts)A 35-year-old man has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in connection with Thursdays crossbow attack.
In a news release Friday, police said Brett Ryan, of Toronto, is facing three counts of first-degree murder after three people died on a residential street in Scarborough on Thursday.
Its a very quiet neighbourhood, its a very peaceful neighbourhood and everybody gets along so this is not normal, resident Faiza Siddiqui said.
ansible
(1,718 posts)These are no toys at all, they were the equivalent of guns before gunpowder was invented in being easy to use by anyone
NickB79
(19,109 posts)Eugene
(61,592 posts)Source: Reuters
Convicted bank robber charged in Toronto crossbow deaths
A Toronto bank robber known as the "fake beard bandit" was charged with three counts of first-degree murder after three people were killed in a crossbow attack in the city's east end, police in Canada's largest city said on Friday.
Brett Ryan, 35, who appeared in court briefly on Friday, was arrested in 2008 for committing robberies in disguise, police said. He was charged with more than a dozen counts of robbery and later convicted.
Two men and a woman died in the driveway of a house on Thursday.
One of the people who was killed made a 911 emergency call before dying, according to a local newspaper report, which said the suspect had also been wounded.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-toronto-crossbow-idUSKCN1111PU