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Toronto's Eaton Centre evacuated after food-court shooting
A shooting in the Eaton Centre food court has left one dead and eight others injured.
Two more are in critical condition in hospital, according to Constable Victor Kwong. Some were injured due to trampling as people fled the area.
The area around the mall, Toronto’s largest shopping centre in the downtown core, was quickly blocked off and the Eaton Centre itself was evacuated and closed down.
Ujjawal Patel, 28, said he was inside the Eaton Centre when he heard 12 to 15 shots ring out. He quickly fled.
"I was so scared," said Mr. Patel. "If if can happen in the Eaton Centre it can happen anywhere."
Marcus Neves-Polonio, a 19-year-old busser at the food court, says he was walking when a guy took out a gun and started firing near the Big Smoke Burger.
Mr. Neves-Polonio says he witnessed someone being shot right in the chest.
He says he saw two people on the ground but thinks as many as four or five have been hurt.
He ducked under a table. "I just hoped he wouldn't go in my direction," he said. "I easily could have been shot, too."
The scene became "mayhem" as people scattered, running for the doors, said Mr. Neves-Polonio.
One of the first to report the shooting was Toronto Blue Jays player Brett Lawrie, via Twitter.
CP24 reported that police were shouting to people telling them to get out of the building and that the shooter was still in the shopping mall.
There were at least a dozen police cars at one corner of the Eaton Centre and at least five ambulances were heading to the scene.
The Toronto police tactical squad was the scene.
Police were trying to clear out thousands of people who were milling around outside, mostly trying to figure out what happened.
Police did not immediately comment on exactly what happened.
It’s not the first time the area has seen gunfire.
In 2005, a 15-year-old woman was killed and six others were wounded on Boxing Day, 2005, when shots rang out just north of the shopping centre.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...ted-after-food-court-shooting/article4226794/
A shooting in the Eaton Centre food court has left one dead and eight others injured.
Two more are in critical condition in hospital, according to Constable Victor Kwong. Some were injured due to trampling as people fled the area.
The area around the mall, Toronto’s largest shopping centre in the downtown core, was quickly blocked off and the Eaton Centre itself was evacuated and closed down.
Ujjawal Patel, 28, said he was inside the Eaton Centre when he heard 12 to 15 shots ring out. He quickly fled.
"I was so scared," said Mr. Patel. "If if can happen in the Eaton Centre it can happen anywhere."
Marcus Neves-Polonio, a 19-year-old busser at the food court, says he was walking when a guy took out a gun and started firing near the Big Smoke Burger.
Mr. Neves-Polonio says he witnessed someone being shot right in the chest.
He says he saw two people on the ground but thinks as many as four or five have been hurt.
He ducked under a table. "I just hoped he wouldn't go in my direction," he said. "I easily could have been shot, too."
The scene became "mayhem" as people scattered, running for the doors, said Mr. Neves-Polonio.
One of the first to report the shooting was Toronto Blue Jays player Brett Lawrie, via Twitter.
CP24 reported that police were shouting to people telling them to get out of the building and that the shooter was still in the shopping mall.
There were at least a dozen police cars at one corner of the Eaton Centre and at least five ambulances were heading to the scene.
The Toronto police tactical squad was the scene.
Police were trying to clear out thousands of people who were milling around outside, mostly trying to figure out what happened.
Police did not immediately comment on exactly what happened.
It’s not the first time the area has seen gunfire.
In 2005, a 15-year-old woman was killed and six others were wounded on Boxing Day, 2005, when shots rang out just north of the shopping centre.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...ted-after-food-court-shooting/article4226794/