Christopher Husbands, 23, who was born in Guyana and immigrated to Toronto in 2000, has been arrested after Saturday's shooting at the Eaton Centre, the Star has learn. Toronto police are updating the media right now. Click to watch the press conference live.
Police believe a 23-year-old man in hospital in critical condition, with bullet wounds to his neck and chest, may have had gang ties.
The dead man, 24-year-old Ahmed Hassan, was known to police, authorities said. He is the city’s 21st homicide of the year.
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He died instantly when the gunman opened fire around 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
A 13-year-old boy visiting from Port Hope remained in critical condition with a gunshot wound to his head but was improving, police said Sunday.
Four others injured by gunshots were treated and released from hospital.
A seventh person, a pregnant woman apparently knocked over in the panic, spent the night at St. Michael’s Hospital when she went into labour, but the pains stopped and she was released Sunday.
The mall, closed since police evacuated thousands who abandoned bags and food in their rush to safety, was set to reopen this morning.
Motorists forced to leave their vehicles in the centre parking lot will also be able to retrieve them today, police said.
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