Central Toronto Daily Updates
A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Central Toronto neighbourhoods.
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Murder rate down from last year’s record — so far
After a record-breaking year for homicides, the murder rate in 2019 is shaping up to be much lower — coming closer to the levels of earlier years.
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Central Toronto Daily Updates: May 2019
A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Central Toronto neighbourhoods.
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Man shot at midtown gas station dies 13 days later
A man has died in hospital nearly two weeks after having been shot beside his Jeep while pumping gas at a station near Avenue Road and Eglinton Avenue West.
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Murder charge after 1993 cold case revisited
Twenty-five years after a six-year-old boy found his mother, Barbara Brodkin, stabbed to death, a man has been arrested when the cold case was reviewed.
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Tackling the ‘fear factor’ as homicide rate fluctuates
In 2017, police reported 660 homicides in Canda, 48 more than the previous year. This represents a 7 per cent increase in the homicide rate.
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Victim identified, alleged Danforth shooter arrested
Police have identified the victim and the alleged shooter in this morning’s homicide on Danforth Avenue.
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37-year-old shot to death in Yorkville area
A man is dead and another male is being sought by police after a shooting on Bay Street at the corner of Yorkville Avenue last night just before midnight.
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Second death by stabbing in Beaches area
A man was stabbed to death late Friday night in an apartment building on Kingston Road, police say. The murder follows a fatal stabbing in an apartment in the Beach 19 days earlier.
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Two deaths in Graydon Hall home treated as homicide
Homicide detectives have taken over investigation of two deaths at a Graydon Hall home on March 6. The bodies of a man, 30 and woman, 27, were found with “obvious signs of trauma,” according to a police press release.
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Police release photo of unknown deceased man in McArthur investigation
At an extraordinary press conference today, Toronto police showed a photograph of a deceased man they wish to identify in connection with the investigation of a series of killings for which Thorncliffe landscaper Bruce McArthur has been charged.
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Man, 21, charged with Tess Richey murder
Twenty-one-year-old Kalen Schlatter has been arrested for second-degree murder more than two months after the death of Tess Richey in the Church and Wellesley neighbourhood.
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Bruce McArthur’s ties with Leaside area may go beyond Mallory Crescent
Alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur was reportedly a regular at McSorley’s Wonderful Saloon and Grill on Bayview Avenue, a 10-minute walk north from the south Leaside property where police have recovered human remains.
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Barry and Honey Sherman died in double homicide, police say
Police have sufficient evidence to describe the deaths of the Shermans as a double homicide investigation, Det. Sgt. Susan Gomes told a press conference Jan. 26.
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Suspicious deaths on Old Colony Road being treated as homicide now
More than two days after finding bodies in a house on Old Colony Road, police have identified the victims and cause of death.
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