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Shotgun-armed man kept Emergency task Force Unit of Metro Police at bay for more than an hour yesterday afternoon
Shotgun-armed man kept Emergency task Force Unit of Metro Police at bay for more than an hour yesterday afternoon

Shotgun-armed man kept Emergency task Force Unit of Metro Police at bay for more than an hour yesterday afternoon

Date3/24/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Shotgun-armed man kept Emergency task Force Unit of Metro Police at bay for more than an hour yesterday afternoon.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0119856F
      Gunman relents after 3-hour siege, Officers of the Metro police emergency Task Force, above, talk with a man armed with a rifle in his car yesterday n(...)
      Gunman relents after 3-hour siege, Officers of the Metro police emergency Task Force, above, talk with a man armed with a rifle in his car yesterday n(...)
      Stuparyk, Michael
      1/5/1988
      Emergency task force police, armed with shotguns and wearing bullet-proof vests, prepare to storm an apartment on Dundas St. E. early this morning aft(...)
      Emergency task force police, armed with shotguns and wearing bullet-proof vests, prepare to storm an apartment on Dundas St. E. early this morning aft(...)
      Norris, Dave
      2/20/1976
      Party's aftermath: A man is taken into custody by Emergency Task Force officers yesterday after a shotgun was reported fired in an East York apartment parking lot following a drinking party
      Party's aftermath: A man is taken into custody by Emergency Task Force officers yesterday after a shotgun was reported fired in an East York apartment parking lot following a drinking party
      Bock, Tony
      5/24/1983
      Body found: A Metro police Emergency Task Force unit and other police vehicles block a road to the Humber River, near the thick underbrush where two boys found the body of Alison Parrott last night
      Body found: A Metro police Emergency Task Force unit and other police vehicles block a road to the Humber River, near the thick underbrush where two boys found the body of Alison Parrott last night
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/27/1986
      Hijacked streetcar: Members of the Metro police Emergency Task Force last night used tear gas to subdue a man who had commandeered a TTC streetcar
      Hijacked streetcar: Members of the Metro police Emergency Task Force last night used tear gas to subdue a man who had commandeered a TTC streetcar
      McConnell, Colin
      3/8/1988
      Learning the ropes Members of the Metro police Emergency Task Force have to know the ropes -- and to make sure they do, they're put through routine tr(...)
      Learning the ropes Members of the Metro police Emergency Task Force have to know the ropes -- and to make sure they do, they're put through routine tr(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      4/1/1981
      What's going on out there? A curious onlooker watches two police offices from the emergency Task Force as they stand at the ready yesterday with an Uz(...)
      What's going on out there? A curious onlooker watches two police offices from the emergency Task Force as they stand at the ready yesterday with an Uz(...)
      Brazao, Dale
      1/25/1985
      Members of the Metro Police emergency task lead a man away after several shots were fired a Wellesley St
      Members of the Metro Police emergency task lead a man away after several shots were fired a Wellesley St
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      10/11/1975
      Emergency Task Force officers seal off house where man was shot after refusing to surrender
      Emergency Task Force officers seal off house where man was shot after refusing to surrender
      Dutton, Don
      6/10/1979
      Police examine suitcace 'Bomb' An emergency task force officer examines items in a suitcase that was blown up outside downtown's 52 Division by a robo(...)
      Police examine suitcace 'Bomb' An emergency task force officer examines items in a suitcase that was blown up outside downtown's 52 Division by a robo(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      6/13/1988
      Walked out unharmed with Emergency Task Force police, Karleane Wilson, 13, later told her mother she was too afraid to move from a downstairs living r(...)
      Walked out unharmed with Emergency Task Force police, Karleane Wilson, 13, later told her mother she was too afraid to move from a downstairs living r(...)
      Norris, Dave
      7/24/1977
      In the hostage-taking drama last Monday, Inspector Dave Cowan, head of the elite Emergency Task Force, talks with one of the 32 special Metro officers(...)
      In the hostage-taking drama last Monday, Inspector Dave Cowan, head of the elite Emergency Task Force, talks with one of the 32 special Metro officers(...)
      Mahler, John
      3/21/1977