Toronto Police fatally shot a man who was seen carrying a firearm near three schools in the Scarborough area Thursday, police said.
Officers responded to reports of a man carrying a firearm and"there was an interaction" between officers and the man, according to the Special Investigations Unit in the Canadian province of Ontario. At some point during the interaction, two officers shot at the suspect, hitting him at least once, police said.
The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. At least four schools in the area were under lockdown Thursday as authorities tried to determine the extent of the threat, according to a series of tweets from the Toronto District School Board.Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio The incident comes as the US is grappling with the shock of two recent mass shootings: its deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade in Uvalde, Texas, and a racist shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. People are also reading… "We certainly understand the trauma and how traumatic this must have been for staff, students and parents given the two recent events that have happened in the United States," said Toronto Police Chief James Ramer at a news briefing after the incident, referencing the Uvalde and Buffalo shootings. He added that he understands the community's concern as the armed suspected was very close to schools. The schools under lockdown included William G. Davis Junior Public School, Joseph Howe Senior Public School, Charlottetown Junior Public School and Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute, according to a tweet from the school board.Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is now investigating the fatal shooting, according to a news release. "Four investigators and three forensic investigators have been assigned to the case," the release said. Ontario premier Doug Ford tweeted his thanks to police and emergency services for their"quick action." "Thank you to police and emergency services for your quick action today in Scarborough," he said."We're extremely grateful for everything you do to keep our communities safe." A look at some of America's deadliest school shootings Intro Until the massacre at Colorado’s Columbine High School in 1999, the number of dead in U.S. school shootings tended to be in the single digits. Since then, the number of shootings that included schools and killed 10 or more people has mounted. The most recent two were both in Texas. On Tuesday, 18-year-old attacker killed 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. In May 2018, a 17-year-old killed 10 people at Santa Fe High School near Houston. Most of the victims were students. Columbine High School, April 1999 Red Lake High School, March 2005 Virginia Tech, April 2007 Sandy Hook Elementary School, December 2012 Umpqua Community College, October 2015 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, February 2018 Santa Fe High School, May 2018 Robb Elementary School, May 2022 CNN's Elizabeth Wolfe contributed to this report.Tags Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox!
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