BREAKING NEWS: Shooting in the Toronto Eaton Centre
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6:30pm this evening, June 2, there were reports of shooting in the Toronto Eaton Centre. So far reports of 3 injured, one seriously. The mall was put on lock down and police/EMS are on scene.
UPDATE: Toronto Eaton Centre shooting kills 1, injures 7. Full story
One of the victims is in life threatening condition and two are in critical condition — one of whom is a 13-year-old boy. Two females and a male were transported to hospital in serious condition with gunshot wounds. A 30-year old pregnant woman knocked over by a frenzied crowd went into labour and was taken to hospital. Another female was taken to hospital after her leg was grazed by a bullet.
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06-02-2012 at 07:11 PM
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watching it on tv and heard people started taking pictures on the phone instead of clearing up..SMH!
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06-02-2012 at 07:25 PM
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I don't know about you people, but I really couldn't care less.
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06-02-2012 at 07:56 PM
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I don't know about you people, but I really couldn't care less.
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Assuming you're a resident of Toronto, you should.
It's a pretty big deal because that's rather uncommon. On top of that, it occurred in a typically densely populated area of the city.
The Eatons Centre is a pretty popular destination, and as someone who goes there from time to time - news like this is concerning.
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06-02-2012 at 08:14 PM
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blue jays star brett lawrie was there at the time of the shooting and he tweeted. lol
https://twitter.com/#!/blawrie13 |
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06-02-2012 at 08:18 PM
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One dead and one in life threatening condition with 2 in critical condition so far...
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/...on-centre?bn=1 |
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06-02-2012 at 09:38 PM
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Assuming you're a resident of Toronto, you should.
It's a pretty big deal because that's rather uncommon. On top of that, it occurred in a typically densely populated area of the city.
The Eatons Centre is a pretty popular destination, and as someone who goes there from time to time - news like this is concerning.
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I'm not from Toronto, I'm from Hamilton. I just think we got more important things to worry about, things that happen more often and cause much more damage, than just some punk with a gun trying to prove something. |
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06-02-2012 at 09:40 PM
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I'm not from Toronto, I'm from Hamilton. I just think we got more important things to worry about, things that happen more often and cause much more damage, than just some punk with a gun trying to prove something.
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If you're referring to stuff like environmental damage or political problems, then ya I believe people should be worrying about those more - but it's only human nature to worry about what's a potential immediate threat (especially to your life).
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06-02-2012 at 11:13 PM
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We have many members who are students that travel back and forth from Toronto, have family in Toronto, etc. which is why this story was posted as being relevant. Similar to the VIA Rail Derailment, we post stories that are big headlines that could impact friends or family of our MacInsiders members.
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Something doesn't have to directly/personally affect someone on this forum to be important.
There have been plenty of news items posted on these forums that don't impact friends or family of MI members. If you're not interested or don't care, then don't read the post or waste your time commenting. Plenty of other people do care and are interested, whether or not it affects them or they live near where it occurred.
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06-02-2012 at 11:48 PM
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Just because this doesn't happen often doesn't mean it's not important. Someone has died from it already, and others are in serious condition. I'd say it's pretty important that we know, especially since I have very close family living in Toronto that just so happened to be in the mall at that time.
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06-03-2012 at 09:50 PM
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"We're all safe. My wife and daughter are getting a police escort out from the bathroom. My son and I are safe outside."
They're still inside and you're tweeting??
I hope everyone that was injured is able to recover. :(
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I work in a building attached to the Eatons Centre, and I walk through Eatons every morning and every evening, and go to the food court frequently. This was a shock, and if it had happened on a weekday I would've been alot more rattled.
But its still just rediculous, and a 13 year boy is still in critical contidition.
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