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A man is taken to hospital in critical condition after being wounded by a police shotgun blast at the end of a 1 1/2-hour siege in an east Toronto apa(...)
A man is taken to hospital in critical condition after being wounded by a police shotgun blast at the end of a 1 1/2-hour siege in an east Toronto apa(...)

A man is taken to hospital in critical condition after being wounded by a police shotgun blast at the end of a 1 1/2-hour siege in an east Toronto apa(...)

Date7/11/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: A man is taken to hospital in critical condition after being wounded by a police shotgun blast at the end of a 1 1/2-hour siege in an east Toronto apartment. The incident allegedly started when a rooming-house attendant was ordered at gunpoint to repair the plumbing. Police sealed off the street but when tear gas failed to make the gunman surrender an armed constable was forced to shoot the man.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0120695F
      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
      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
      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
      Grisly end: An Ontario Provincial Police officer walks from the commandeered taxt in which a man killed himself yesterday with a 12-gauge shotgun after wounding two officers near Peterborough
      Grisly end: An Ontario Provincial Police officer walks from the commandeered taxt in which a man killed himself yesterday with a 12-gauge shotgun after wounding two officers near Peterborough
      Power, Peter
      5/12/1991
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/18/1987
      Pregnant wife: Marilyn Bacon, the wounded constable's wife, arrives at Wellesley Hospital early today with a family friend about a half-hour before her husband was taken out of surgery
      Pregnant wife: Marilyn Bacon, the wounded constable's wife, arrives at Wellesley Hospital early today with a family friend about a half-hour before her husband was taken out of surgery
      Russell, Jim
      10/31/1982
      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
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      3/24/1977
      Siege drama ends peacefully, A six hour siege at a house in Ajax ends peacefully when a suspect, who barricaded himself in his house and apparently th(...)
      Siege drama ends peacefully, A six hour siege at a house in Ajax ends peacefully when a suspect, who barricaded himself in his house and apparently th(...)
      Brazao, Dale
      5/5/1988
      Aftermath of raid: Brian Iler, left, lawyer for the Cruise Missile Conversion Project, a group opposed to nuclear weapons, looks through a filling cabinet with project member Andrew Van Velzen, after the police had spent 3 1/2 hours searching the group's Bathurst St
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      Mahler, John
      12/14/1982
      The history of the battle of Toronto, with illustrations and notes, critical & explanatory, exhibiting the only true account of what took place at the memorable siege of Toronto.
      The history of the battle of Toronto, with illustrations and notes, critical & explanatory, exhibiting the only true account of what took place at the memorable siege of Toronto.
      Fothergill, Charles, 1782-1840
      1839
      Metro's officer of the year. Constable Si Chung Eng worked round the clock to make the contacts leading to the arrest of two after a shotgun blast killed Ge Wi Ng, 19, in July, 1988
      Metro's officer of the year. Constable Si Chung Eng worked round the clock to make the contacts leading to the arrest of two after a shotgun blast killed Ge Wi Ng, 19, in July, 1988
      Bull, Ron
      3/6/1990
      A 46-year-old man is lifted on to a stretcher by ambulance paramedics after being stabbed in an east-end rooming house last night. Right, a suspect struggles with police as he is placed in a cruiser
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      Stancu, Henry
      3/5/1992