A second victim has died after a gunman opened fire in a popular Toronto neighborhood late Sunday night.
Now, as a dozen wounded victims try to recover from their injuries, police are trying to understand what prompted the deadly shootings.
Witness Jody Steinhauer was dining with her family at a Greek restaurant called Christina’s when she heard what she thought was the sound of firecrackers. Then she was told to run to the back of the restaurant.
“We started to hear people scream out front,” Steinhauer said.
The crime scene stretched over a distance, the police chief said. Witnesses were taken by buses to multiple offices to speak with investigators. Police asked witnesses or anyone with information to contact authorities.
Toronto Mayor John Tory said he was “outraged that someone has unleashed such a terrible attack on our city and people innocently enjoying a Sunday evening.”
Police said the second victim died Monday morning. Neither that victim nor the one who died overnight have been publicly identified. The gunman is also dead, Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders said. It was not immediately clear whether the assailant died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound or from police gunfire.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered his condolences to all those affected by the catastrophe in Greektown.
