Toronto Mass Shooting: 2 Killed, 3 Injured Near Salsa Festival, Active Shooter Hunt Underway
Police in Toronto were searching Saturday night for an active shooter who had killed two people and left several others wounded in an area lined with shops and restaurants.
Police in Toronto were searching Saturday night for an active shooter who had killed two people and left several others wounded in an area lined with shops and restaurants.
"Please avoid the area immediately and follow all directions from police," Toronto police said in a post on X. Canada: Montreal Police Officer and Civilian Killed in Côte-Des-Neiges Shooting; Armed Suspect Neutralised.
Police Secure The Scene
Authorities later confirmed in a follow-up post that the scene had been secured. Local media reported that the shooting took place in an area where a salsa festival was underway at the time of the attack.
Toronto Mass Shooting: Active Shooter Kills 2, Several Wounded Near Salsa Festival
BREAKING: Shooting reported in Toronto, Canada — 2 dead and 5 wounded, police say pic.twitter.com/IqiCdql53P
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) July 12, 2026
Second Major Shooting In Canada In Weeks
The Toronto shooting comes soon after another attack in Montreal late last month, where two people, including a police officer, were killed by an assailant who was subsequently shot dead by law enforcement. Mass Shooting In Canada: 10 Dead, 27 Injured in Tumbler Ridge High School Shooting in British Columbia.
Earlier School Shooting In Tumbler Ridge
In February, a school shooting in the small western mining town of Tumbler Ridge killed eight people, including the shooter's mother and half-brother, and injured 27 others before the shooter took her own life.
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