Another news item from the
Toronto Star to add to this growing list:
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Man gunned down on Agincourt street
May 28, 2008 11:59 PM
Henry Stancu
Staff Reporter
A man was shot to death in an apparent running gun battle on an Agincourt street corner Wednesday evening.
Residents heard as many as five gunshots and the sounds of screeching tires on Bonis Ave. near Birchmount Ave. and Sheppard Ave. East at about 11:20 p.m.
When police arrived they found the victim sprawled near the sidewalk at the rear of the Agincourt Mall.
Paramedics worked to revive the victim, believed to be in his early 20s, but he was pronounced dead at the scene about 20 minutes later.
Witnesses told police they saw two men dressed in dark clothing running east towards the rear of the mall, firing guns in the direction of the victim as they fled.
A minivan was seen leaving the area, heading westbound on Bonis Ave. after the gunfire.
Residents in a strip of townhouses at the scene thought they heard firecrackers because the sound of fireworks had been a common occurrence in a nearby park over recent weeks.
Officers cordoned off Bonis Ave. for two blocks as well as part of the plaza's parking lot.
A tracking dog was brought to the scene.
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Teen shot dead, two suspects sought
May 29, 2008 11:48 AM
Sunny Freeman
STAFF REPORTER
Police have identified a teenager shot to death in an apparent gun battle last night on a northeast Toronto street corner.
Levis Taylor, 17, of Toronto, was pronounced dead at the scene on Bonis Ave., in the Sheppard Ave. E and Birchmount Ave. area, police said.
Officers arrived at the rear of the Agincourt Mall around 11:20 p.m. to find Taylor suffering from obvious gun shot wounds.
Residents reported hearing as many as five gunshots and the sounds of screeching tires.
Witnesses said they saw two men, dressed in dark clothing running east toward the rear of the mall, firing guns in the direction of the victim.
Two men were seen getting into a white car, similar to a Honda, which drove east on Bonis Ave., police said.
Taylor is Toronto’s 21st homicide victim of 2008. He was one of two young men shot to death yesterday. A post mortem is scheduled for Friday.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-TIPS (8477).
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This happened in a quite nice, normally peaceful neighbourhood in Scarborough! My wife and I just came back from there Wednesday evening (May 28) from visiting relatives who live in a condo along Bonis Ave., near Kennedy Rd., at the south perimeter of Tam o'Shanter golf course, and we were staying at one of the guest suites in one of the other buildings of the same condo development site. Scary, because each night at about 11:30 - midnite 'ish, we'd have to walk back to our suite along Bonis Ave. (about 5 minute walk between buildings) across the street from and facing the backside of Agincourt mall! Our relatives, who can also see that side of the mall, said there were a lot of police cars around there that night!