Man Killed with Crossbow at Library
Mayberry
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http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/12/02/16408126.html#/news/torontoandgta/2010/12/02/pf-16407016.html
A man is dead after being shot with a crossbow inside a library in east-end Toronto that was full of moms and their children Thursday afternoon.
Emergency workers were called to the library branch on Main St. south of Gerrard around 4.30 p.m. and found the man with a short arrow in his back.
The victim, reportedly in his 40s, may have been pepper-sprayed before he was struck with a bolt from the crossbow.
A suspect who witnesses said appeared to be in his 30s was nabbed in a residence near Warden and Danforth Aves.
Linus Smith, who works in the Cool Runnings Caribbean restaurant across the street, had a feeling something was wrong when she saw a man in a blue jacket come out of the library with “something” in his hand and an older man from the neighbourhood chasing him.
The suspect jumped into a U-Haul van and took off down the alley on the north side of the library and headed east, she said.
“Then people came running out of the library,” Smith said.
“This place is ... full of kids,” she said.
“For a guy to come in there and do that ... moms were in that library with their babies,” Smith said
“It’s definitely a unique situation,” Const. Tony Vella said.
“Where did he get this crossbow? That’s something we’re looking into ... you hear about guns, knives, but not crossbows.”
Crossbows over 500 mm in length are considered prohibited weapons.
But crossbows under 500 mm are only considered restricted under the Criminal Code.
The suspect was taken to 55 Division for questioning.
His name was not immediately released and charges had not yet been laid. “We’re still trying to determine if this was targeted or some sort of random attack,” Vella said.
“It’s very concerning and we’re doing everything possible to determine what motivated this murder,” he added.
It is the city’s 59th murder of the year.
At least they had the decency to keep it quiet
Comments
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The Holiest Grand Duke Rolf XXVI dislikes the idea of death by crossbow, for The Holiest Grand Duke Rolf XXVI is a true warrior and prefers the spray of blood that flies across the face of The Holiest Grand Duke Rolf XXVI when a victim is sacrificed to the father of The Holiest Grand Duke Rolf XXVI, states The Holiest Grand Duke Rolf XXVI.
I wasn't talking about the earliest instances. The crossbow got popular in europe around the decline of the middle ages and toward early modern times. But ya, good work.
lol:thumbsup:
pretty epic death for sure.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/12/03/toornto-crossbow-homicide.html?ref=rss
Mayberry, that picture looks like you... I smell a coverup.
Damn, you caught me. I really am a hot blonde police chick.
Someone has daddy issues.
Probably revenge for never picking him up when he was a kid.