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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

Emergency Task Force officers seal off house where man was shot after refusing to surrender

Date6/10/1979
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  • 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
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Original Toronto Star caption: Emergency Task Force officers seal off house where man was shot after refusing to surrender
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120700F
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      Carried out, Emergency Task Force officers haul off suspect Robert Patterson, 56, of Brantford, after tenants of an Etobicoke apartment building heard(...)
      Carried out, Emergency Task Force officers haul off suspect Robert Patterson, 56, of Brantford, after tenants of an Etobicoke apartment building heard(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/5/1981
      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
      Worried mother: Helen Porter, mother of wounded Emergency Task Force officer Glen Bacon, arrives at Wellesley Hospital where her son was undergoing exploratory surgery after being shot
      Worried mother: Helen Porter, mother of wounded Emergency Task Force officer Glen Bacon, arrives at Wellesley Hospital where her son was undergoing exploratory surgery after being shot
      Russell, Jim
      10/31/1982
      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
      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
      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
      Two spanish fishing vessels were caught by Canadian Fisheries officers within the 200-mile limit off the coast of Newfoundland. Rather than surrender,(...)
      Two spanish fishing vessels were caught by Canadian Fisheries officers within the 200-mile limit off the coast of Newfoundland. Rather than surrender,(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/1/1978
      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
      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
      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
      Fatally shot on Manning Ave, today was an unidentified man after, police say, he opened fire on two officers after they stopped his car for making an (...)
      Fatally shot on Manning Ave, today was an unidentified man after, police say, he opened fire on two officers after they stopped his car for making an (...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      8/29/1973