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Robyn Doolittle
Brett Popplewell
Staff Reporters
A gunfight in a North York housing complex has left one man dead and five in hospital - one with life-threatening injuries.
Two
of the teens were rushed to Sunnybrook hospital and one died overnight.
The victim will likely be Toronto's 11th homicide of the year.
One
resident said he heard that the youths were "playing with their guns"
when the gunfire broke out just before 10 p.m. in the Dufferin St. and
Lawrence Ave. W. area, south of Yorkdale Shopping Centre. Another said
the incident may have been triggered when one gun accidentally fired,
prompting others
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| One person is dead and five wounded after a shooting at a North York housing complex Friday, March 14, 2008. |
in the group to return gunfire.Other area
residents say the same group of teens frequently hangs out at the north
end of the complex, and the youths are known to carry handguns.
Hassan
Ainanshe was at work when he heard shooting had broken out next to his
home, and rushed back to check on his teenage sons.
"Before it was The Jungle, but we cleaned it up," said Ainanshe, who moved here from Somalia five years ago.
"It's safe now – nothing like this has happened before."
Two of the teens were rushed to Sunnybrook trauma centre, and police officers on the scene released few details.
After the shooting, shocked residents gathered outside the two-storey homes as police dog handlers searched for evidence.
Officers stopped passing cars on nearby Flemington Rd. as they canvassed for witnesses.
Halima Mohamoud, who lives on Edengarth Court, said "it's very scary, especially when you have kids."
Mohamoud,
the mother of five children, ranging from under 1 to over 20, said
"someone was killed in the court here just last year."
Mohamoud,
who has lived in the complex for two years, said she heard shots fired
and looked out her window to see what appeared to be bodies across the
playground from her house.
Residents in several homes peeked
through blankets being used as make-shift drapes, while others
clustered in doorways as they sought information about the shootings.
With files from Josh Wingrove
SOURCE: The Star, March 15, 2008