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Police hunt suspect after Eaton Centre shooting kills one, injures seven others
Police were hunting for a suspect Sunday after a gunman opened fire inside the Toronto Eaton Centre’s food court a day earlier, sending a wave of panic through the Saturday evening shopping crowd.
A 25-year-old man died and seven others were injured in the incident, police said, with two still in serious condition in hospital Sunday morning. Among the victims were a 13-year-old boy and a pregnant mother who was trampled in the ensuing chaos. A message on the shopping mall’s website said the Eaton Centre would be closed all day “due to the ongoing Toronto Police Services investigation into the shooting.
Investigators, who said they believed the shooting was targeted, were expected to provide another update later Sunday. (Photo: David Ritchie for National Post)
One dead, seven injured in shooting at Toronto’s Eaton Centre
Pandemonium erupted at the largest shopping mall in downtown Toronto Saturday after a shooter let off a string of bullets in a food court packed with weekend shoppers.
The hail of bullets killed a 25-year-old man, injured seven other people and sparked a frenzied mass exodus of the sprawling multi-level shopping centre around 6:30 p.m.
The shooting appears to have been a targeted one that left innocent bystanders caught in the middle, and police vowed to track the suspect down.
“It was unbelievable … It was out of the blue,” said 19-year-old Marcus Neves-Polonio who was working in the mall’s food court when he saw a man pull out a gun and start firing.
“As soon as I heard the gunshots, I ducked under the table.” (Photos: The Canadian Press)
