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Hostage Warren Mitchell leaves his car yesterday as a policeman trains his rifle on parolee Francis Joseph Savoy, killed seconds later by a bullet in (...)
Hostage Warren Mitchell leaves his car yesterday as a policeman trains his rifle on parolee Francis Joseph Savoy, killed seconds later by a bullet in (...)

Hostage Warren Mitchell leaves his car yesterday as a policeman trains his rifle on parolee Francis Joseph Savoy, killed seconds later by a bullet in (...)

Date1/11/1976
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  • Hostage Warren Mitchell leaves his car yesterday as a policeman trains his rifle on parolee Francis Joseph Savoy; killed seconds later by a bullet in the head fired by a policeman not in the picture. Savoy had shot a cab driver in a $20 hold-up on Midland Ave.; and then; after shooting at police three times; knocked on doors in area until he got into Mitchell's home at gunpoint and forced him into his car. As Mitchell backed out; a cruiser blocked the car's way.
  • Hostage Warren Mitchell leaves his car yesterday as a policeman trains his rifle on parolee Francis Joseph Savoy, killed seconds later by a bullet in (...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hostage Warren Mitchell leaves his car yesterday as a policeman trains his rifle on parolee Francis Joseph Savoy; killed seconds later by a bullet in the head fired by a policeman not in the picture. Savoy had shot a cab driver in a $20 hold-up on Midland Ave.; and then; after shooting at police three times; knocked on doors in area until he got into Mitchell's home at gunpoint and forced him into his car. As Mitchell backed out; a cruiser blocked the car's way.
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