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Toronto shooting: Two, including attacker, dead after gunfight; 13 injured

The Greektown shooting comes about three months after the city was shaken by the deaths of 10 people, most of them women

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Plainclothes police officers work the scene of shooting in Toronto on Sunday, July 22, 2018

AFP | PTI Toronto
Two people including the gunman are dead and 13 wounded in Toronto after a shooting in the busy Greektown neighbourhood, adding to concern about gun violence in Canada's largest city.

"One female adult has died. One young girl in critical condition," Toronto police said on Twitter, adding that all 14 victims were shot with a handgun late last night.

Police said the suspect was also dead, and The Toronto Star quoted Police Chief Mark Saunders as saying there had been "an exchange of gunfire." The suspect is believed to have opened fire at police before killing himself, Global

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