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negro holdin hostage killed on Front St. outside Union Station, where most of us have walked or travelled
so ALL THESE BILLIONS$ SPENT ON GUN REGISTRY TO DISARM US WAS TOTALLY USELESS, this coon easily got sawed off shotgun,and with ottawa importing 300,000 APES /year THERE ARE MORE GUNS AND VIOLENT COON KILLINGS then ever!!!!!!!!!.
Police shoot gunman, free hostage
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentSe...&col”“8793972154 'It was like something out of
a movie' A gunman was shot dead by a police sniper and his female hostage freed after a rush-hour standoff outside of Union Station on Front St. this morning. After a tense confrontation between the hostage-taker and dozens of heavily armed officers,
a member of the Emergency Task Force made the decision to shoot him. The gunman was felled by a fatal shot to the head at 8:50 a.m. The hostage, believed to be in her early 20s, was unharmed.
The Special Investigations Unit identified the dead man this afternoon as S. Anthony Brookes, 45, of Ajax.
Timeline Brookes is suspected of shooting at, and missing, his 45-year-old estranged wife in the food court at the nearby TD Centre only minutes before the hostage-taking. He fired several shots and she tripped and fell while trying to get away, police say, and he then went up to her and beat her with the gun.
She required what police described as 'a small number' of stitches.
Eli Nov, who owns a restaurant in the food court, says he recognized the sound of gunshots immediately.
Nov, a former Israeli soldier, heard "two pops" and quickly hustled his family and employees into the walk-in freezer of his countertop eatery, Pumpernickel Catering.
Inside the freezer, Nov's wife phoned 911 and repor
ted a shooting.
After a few minutes, Nov emerged alone and saw a woman lying on the ground bleeding from the head.
"She didn't say she was shot. She just asked for a pillow," Nov said. "It was just a scratch, but it was gushing blood."
Emergency personnel rushed the woman to hospital. She was conscious on arrival and Community Safety Minister Monte Kwinter later said she was "injured, but slightly."
Shortly afterwards, a Toronto police officer on duty near the Royal York Hotel heard the details of the attack over his radio and spotted a suspect walking nearby.
He confronted the suspect and tried to talk to him, but the man quickly grabbed a hostage.
The ETF arrived soon after and spent 30 or 40 minutes trying to negotiate with the man. He continued to point the gun at the woman and police as they talked.
"This was an extremely dangerous situation in a very public place," police Chief Julian Fantino said later. "You have to take first and foremost into account the safety of the public"
Fantino said the ETF officer made a decision to shoot Brookes out of concern for the safety of the woman, police and passersby.
Police put a tarp over the body, which was removed nearly three hours later.
Hundreds of stunned onlookers watched the scene play out on one of the city's busiest streets.
"It was an unbelievable thing to see. It was like something out of a movie," bank employee Oroosh Sheikh said.
Front St. between Bay and York Sts. was closed for most of the afternoon as the investigation continued.
GO trains and buses are operating normally. Union Station remains open, but travellers must enter through the lower concourse or Bay St. entrances.
Rose Bliss, spokesperson for the Special Investigations Unit, said investigators are talking to the
family of the dead man and the hostage, as well as the woman who was taken to St. Michael's Hospital with head injuries.
She said the SIU is also talking to officers at 52 Division. Bliss said the fact that the incident was played ou
t in full view of thousands of people won't make the investigation any easier.
"We have to interview a lot of witnesses," she said.
The hospital released a statement from the family of the estranged wife.
"The situation is an unfortunate one and we are very disturbed by it," the statement read.
"We came close to losing a family member. We are asking that you respect our privacy at this time. Our main concern is for our family member to get the appropriate care."
The woman was surrounded by a large group of family members
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