Articles Archive for December 2005
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From CBC News
Toronto Police have released a name and other details about a 15-year-old girl who was shot and killed on Boxing Day when gunfire broke out in a downtown area bustling with shoppers.
Late Wednesday, with the authorization of the victim’s family, Det. Savas Kyriacou identified her as Jane Creba.
“Jane was a Grade 10 student at Riverdale Collegiate,” Kyriacou said.
He also released the results of a post-mortem examination.
“Cause of death was determined to be a bullet wound to the body.”
Creba was gunned down early Monday evening during a shootout between …
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Bill Blair • Boxing Day Shooting • Candles • Det. Savas Kyriacou • DNA tests • Downtown • Eaton Centre • flowers • Gang • gunfire • innocent bystanders • investigation • Jane Creba • Makeshift Memorial • Riverdale Collegiate • Toronto Police • witnesses
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By Naomi Carniol and Betsy Powell, Toronto Star
While police detectives picked up dozens of bullet fragments and cartridge cases, shoppers returned to Yonge St. yesterday.
Less than 24 hours earlier, the stretch of Yonge Between Gould and Gerrard Sts. was a scene of chaos as a shootout claimed the life of a 15-year-old girl and left six other people wounded.
Four of the victims were male, including a 41-year-old off-duty police officer, and three were female.
At a police briefing yesterday, Det. Sgt. Savas Kyriacou of the homicide squad said the shooting started …
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alienation • apathy • BBC • Black Youth Coalition Against Violence • Boxing Day Shooting • Castle Frank • CNN • cynicism • David Miller • Det. Sgt. Savas Kyriacou • Downtown Toronto • Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area • Eaton Centre • Foot Locker • Future Shop • Gun Violence • handguns • Jane and Finch • John Tory • KOFI HOPE • NBC Today • Olivia Chow • Premiere Dalton McGuinty • Prime Minister Paul Martin • Renée Gregoire • Scarborough • Sebastian Iwanivk • shoppers • Toronto Star • Yonge Street
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Photo by Matt O’Sullivan, The Narrative
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Candles • CBC • Jane Creba • Makeshift Memorial • Matt O'Sullivan • matto • Qur'an 2:155 • Sign • Tea Lights • Teddy Bear • the narrative • TV • Words • Yonge Street Peace
