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'Powdered suspect': Gas-masked police lead away hostage-taking suspect covered in tear-gas powder
'Powdered suspect': Gas-masked police lead away hostage-taking suspect covered in tear-gas powder

'Powdered suspect': Gas-masked police lead away hostage-taking suspect covered in tear-gas powder

Date6/5/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: 'Powdered suspect': Gas-masked police lead away hostage-taking suspect covered in tear-gas powder.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0119893F
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      Ambulance workers put saline solution into a suspect's eyes after police lobbed tear gas into a Yonge St
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      6/12/1990
      Cleaning up: Gas-masked workers seal asbestos-covered beams in Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate in Scarborough
      Cleaning up: Gas-masked workers seal asbestos-covered beams in Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate in Scarborough
      Goode, Jeff
      3/20/1980
      Dynamic Duo: Ted Darling, left, and Stan Wielgus followed and nabbed a suspect after a gas bar they were using was robbed over the weekend.
      Dynamic Duo: Ted Darling, left, and Stan Wielgus followed and nabbed a suspect after a gas bar they were using was robbed over the weekend.
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/27/1992
      Wearing Gas Masks rushed from Montreal in face of tear gas threat by C
      Wearing Gas Masks rushed from Montreal in face of tear gas threat by C
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/18/1948
      Gas attack: Wearing a mask to protect himself from flumes, a policeman prepares to fire a tear gas shell into a Scarborough variety store today
      Gas attack: Wearing a mask to protect himself from flumes, a policeman prepares to fire a tear gas shell into a Scarborough variety store today
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/28/1991
      Gas attack: Wearing a mask to protect himself from fumes, a policeman prepares to fire a tear gas shell into a Scarborough variety store today
      Gas attack: Wearing a mask to protect himself from fumes, a policeman prepares to fire a tear gas shell into a Scarborough variety store today
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/28/1991
      Police keep up with the times, Handling tear gas is one of subjects taught Durham Regional Police as part of their annual 40-hour training program. Sg(...)
      Police keep up with the times, Handling tear gas is one of subjects taught Durham Regional Police as part of their annual 40-hour training program. Sg(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      11/4/1974
      Hostage suspect: Police lead away a man suspected of holding a woman hostage with a pair of scissors at a bridge club last night
      Hostage suspect: Police lead away a man suspected of holding a woman hostage with a pair of scissors at a bridge club last night
      Russell, Jim
      1/23/1981
      A man who held police at bay all night on a west-end rooftop raises his hands in surrender after being blasted with tear gas as a member of the emerge(...)
      A man who held police at bay all night on a west-end rooftop raises his hands in surrender after being blasted with tear gas as a member of the emerge(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      8/19/1988
      Mace, a form of tear gas used by police in other provinces, is demonstrated by Tedd Smith, representative of the Smith and Wesson Law Enforcement Group
      Mace, a form of tear gas used by police in other provinces, is demonstrated by Tedd Smith, representative of the Smith and Wesson Law Enforcement Group
      Calleja, Frank
      3/7/1972
      After An Eight-Hour Siege in which more than 30 rifle shots were fired from a Scarborough apartment, 26-year-old resident is taken from the tear-gas-filled premises by Metro Police Sgt
      After An Eight-Hour Siege in which more than 30 rifle shots were fired from a Scarborough apartment, 26-year-old resident is taken from the tear-gas-filled premises by Metro Police Sgt
      Norris, Dave
      1/1/1978
      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