2 Gunmen’s March Attack on U.S. Consulate Exposes Toronto Guns-for-Hire Network
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 16
2 Gunmen’s March Attack on U.S. Consulate Exposes Toronto Guns-for-Hire Network
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 16
Summary
March surveillance footage showed two gunmen taking turns firing the same weapon at the U.S. Consulate in downtown Toronto, an attack that investigators traced back to the Martha Eaton Way apartment towers.
The case has spotlighted a guns-for-hire network in the north Toronto neighborhood known as “Creek,” where violent episodes have repeatedly shaken residents despite the city’s generally low crime levels.
June brought the investigation’s deadliest turn when a police officer serving a search warrant in one of the towers was shot and killed.
Recent gunfire at synagogues, Jewish schools and storefronts has added to alarm over a broader spate of targeted shootings, even as Toronto’s homicide and car-theft rates fell over the past year.