Investigations into shootings at the U.S. Consulate and multiple Jewish schools and synagogues in Toronto have led to three arrests and highlight a pattern of young people being paid as guns for hire, the city’s police chief says.
Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw told reporters at a June 16 press conference that two guns seized during raids last week have been linked to at least 27 shooting incidents across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
A member of the Toronto Police Emergency Task Force, Const. Marc Pinizzotto, was shot and killed during one of those raids and the suspect in his death is in hospital in police custody after being shot by officers at the scene, Demkiw said….