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Two police officers examine shotguns after a holdup attempt
Two police officers examine shotguns after a holdup attempt

Two police officers examine shotguns after a holdup attempt

Date3/12/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Two police officers examine shotguns after a holdup attempt.
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
Medium
Photographs
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120537F
Robot's Help: A remote-control device directed by police officers shakes open a briefcase, after blasting it apart with a shotgun
Robot's Help: A remote-control device directed by police officers shakes open a briefcase, after blasting it apart with a shotgun
Bock, Tony
3/18/1992
Windows shattered: A police officer looks through windows on the driver and passenger side of a van shot out by a shotgun blast yesterday, after a gun was pointed at a policeman
Windows shattered: A police officer looks through windows on the driver and passenger side of a van shot out by a shotgun blast yesterday, after a gun was pointed at a policeman
Toronto Star (Firm)
11/18/1987
Daring holdup: An unidentified Brink's employee speaks with a detective after Yorkdale's second Brink's holdup in less than two years
Daring holdup: An unidentified Brink's employee speaks with a detective after Yorkdale's second Brink's holdup in less than two years
Dunlop, Al
3/26/1991
Holdup Aftermath: Peel police take fingerprints from the scene of last November Hongkong Bank of Canada robbery, in which a bank customer was shot
Holdup Aftermath: Peel police take fingerprints from the scene of last November Hongkong Bank of Canada robbery, in which a bank customer was shot
Toronto Star (Firm)
11/4/1993
Daylight robbery: A youth escaped with $32,000 in a daring holdup at a Scarborough liquor store yesterday after slugging a Brink's armored car guard and making-off with his satchel
Daylight robbery: A youth escaped with $32,000 in a daring holdup at a Scarborough liquor store yesterday after slugging a Brink's armored car guard and making-off with his satchel
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
2/19/1983
Recovered: Metro police officers stand guard over $3 million stolen yesterday from the Bank of Canada on University Ave
Recovered: Metro police officers stand guard over $3 million stolen yesterday from the Bank of Canada on University Ave
Mahler, John
3/18/1992
Getaway car: Metro police examine the getaway car left at Lawrence Square Plaza by two gunmen who robbed a Brink's guard yesterday
Getaway car: Metro police examine the getaway car left at Lawrence Square Plaza by two gunmen who robbed a Brink's guard yesterday
Mahler, John
3/26/1991
Supermarket holdup
Supermarket holdup
Russell, Jim
5/15/1981
Shooting suspect is escorted to cells by police officer after a shoot-out in Scarborough following a bank robbery yesterday. Three police constables a(...)
Shooting suspect is escorted to cells by police officer after a shoot-out in Scarborough following a bank robbery yesterday. Three police constables a(...)
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
1/29/1971
Hold-up scene: A policeman removes broken glass from a door police smashed to get into a bank during a robbery attempt in North York yesterday
Hold-up scene: A policeman removes broken glass from a door police smashed to get into a bank during a robbery attempt in North York yesterday
Bull, Ron
4/29/1980
At scene of shooting yesterday where a man using a sawed-off shotgun traded shots with four policemen who had cornered him near Eglinton Ave. and Birc(...)
At scene of shooting yesterday where a man using a sawed-off shotgun traded shots with four policemen who had cornered him near Eglinton Ave. and Birc(...)
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
3/23/1972
Staff Superintendent Adolphus Payne, centre, talks to reporters at Metro police headquarters, after two men wanted in connection with a $700,000 theft(...)
Staff Superintendent Adolphus Payne, centre, talks to reporters at Metro police headquarters, after two men wanted in connection with a $700,000 theft(...)
Lennon, Frank
4/26/1973