From: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Cdn-Firearms Digest) To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V8 #347 Reply-To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Sender: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Errors-To: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Precedence: normal Cdn-Firearms Digest Friday, August 19 2005 Volume 08 : Number 347 In this issue: Peel Regional Police - Mississauga store clerk robbed Police suspect gang involvement in morning shooting Re: Plainclothes officer in hospital after attack Re: [LETTER] Common sense, not racism [OPINION] Blair plan on crime is flawed Police hail arrest of shootout suspect [COLUMN] It's time to get mad over guns Crime shocks area residents Man charged after drugs, weapons seized in Lamont Robbery style familiar Heist links probed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 12:30:41 -0600 (CST) From: "Bruce Mills" Subject: Peel Regional Police - Mississauga store clerk robbed http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2005/18/c1382.html Peel Regional Police - Mississauga store clerk robbed MISSISSAUGA, ON, Aug. 18 /CNW/ - The Peel Regional Police are seeking the public's assistance in identifying three male suspects in a brazen robbery that occurred at the Hasty Market on Bromsgrove Road. On Wednesday, August 17, 2005, at approximately 11:00 p.m., the 44 year-old male victim was working at the Hasty Market as a cashier. Three armed suspects entered the store. One suspect immediately assaulted the victim. The suspects continued their assault and demanded money. The suspects took an undisclosed amount of money and cigarettes and fled the store. Suspect No. 1 is described as male, white, 17-20 years old, 5'7"-5'8", thin build, wearing basketball shorts, a dark tank top and had his face covered with a dark mask or bandana. Suspect No. 2 is described as male, unknown race, had his face covered with a dark mask or bandana, armed with a black handgun. Suspect No. 3 is described as male, white, unknown race, had his face covered with a dark mask or bandana, armed with a black handgun. Anyone with information is asked to contact Central Robbery Bureau at (905) 453-2121, ext. 3410, or Peel Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS/8477. - - 30 - For further information: Cst. Dameon Okposio, Media Relations, (905) 453-2121 ext.4027; ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 12:30:55 -0600 (CST) From: "Bruce Mills" Subject: Police suspect gang involvement in morning shooting http://www.cfcn.ca/servlet/RTGAMArticleHTMLTemplate/B/20050818/code300?bran d=generic&hub=&tf=CFCNPlus/generic/hubs/frontpage.html&cf=CFCNPlus/generic/ hubs/frontpage.cfg&slug=code300&date=20050818&archive=CFCNPlus&ad_page_name =&nav=home&subnav=fullstory Police suspect gang involvement in morning shooting CFCN.ca POSTED AT 11:45 AM Thursday, August 18 A 21-year-old man was shot Wednesday morning in Southwest Calgary. The victim is well known to the Police Service Gang Unit; in fact the victim is now under arrest on outstanding warrants. Just before ten o'clock Wednesday morning a man left his home in the 4500 block of Thirty-first Street Southwest and ran to a neighbour's house saying he had been shot. The neighbour has some medical training and started to treat the gunshot wound to his arm. Paramedics and police rushed to the call. The victim was transported to Foothills Hospital. He suffered non life-threatening superficial wounds. Three people were taken into custody for questioning but Police are still looking for one or more shooters. Officers recovered a shotgun at the scene. Police are still looking for a motive, but because of the gang ties in this case, they are investigating every possibility including drugs and grow ops. Until the victim is officially charged, Police will not say what the warrants he was arrested on are, except that they are unrelated to the shooting. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 12:31:14 -0600 (CST) From: Dan Haggarty Subject: Re: Plainclothes officer in hospital after attack Geez, the cops just don't get no respect in some parts of da city. Why's that? Dan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:00:31 -0600 (CST) From: "mred" Subject: Re: [LETTER] Common sense, not racism - ----- Original Message ----- > Randomly confronting any black youth at any place at any hour of the day > may not exactly be the proper method of confrontation, but some sort of > profiling needs to be put into action when most of the criminals involved > fit a very specific mould. > > It is common sense, it is not racism. > > Candice Cassano, Toronto Sounds good to me Candy! first blacks then Hispanics then Croats then Serbs then Chinese, and Japanese (again)then Vietnamese and finally whites ? Now lets go for the Jews next huh ? and then the Muslims and then the Hindus and then at last the Christians! Did I forget anyone ? O h yes , gun-owners whose fault it is that there are shootings in TO? Then fishermen because they may be poisoning the water with lead sinkers. And then lets get to women,? cause they are nothing but troublemakers as well? ed/ontario ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:56:57 -0600 (CST) From: "Bruce Mills" Subject: [OPINION] Blair plan on crime is flawed http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Arti cle_Type1&c=Article&cid=1124360391981&call_pageid=968256290204&col=96835011 6795 Blair plan on crime is flawed DAVE WILSON In a time of crisis, citizens and police alike expect our leaders - specifically, politicians and the police command - to bring their best solutions forward and make well-considered choices. To date, the solutions offered and the choices made are dangerously lacking. This week, Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair announced plans to "redeploy" 100 officers to trouble spots, on top of 50 shifted to the front-lines of gang violence a week earlier. Chief Blair has the basic concept right. But his way of getting there is perilously wrong. Redeployment forces the police command to pick winners and losers among neighbourhoods. An increase in police presence in some can only come at the expense of others. Who in Toronto wants to live in the unlucky area selected to have fewer police? Where is the consultation with the community and the men and women in uniform that would make those choices transparent? Who will be accountable if redeployment results in new problems, or simply shifts them elsewhere? Toronto's gun crisis demands that rather than play a life-and-death shell game, our police and political leaders must summon the courage and creativity to acquire the new resources necessary to deal with the problem of gangs and guns. For problem-focused deployment, the right approach is not robbing Peter to pay Paul, but instituting a rapid-recruitment strategy to increase the total number of police serving the community, and providing the police service with the necessary funding. In fact, the opposite is happening. On Feb. 10, 2005, the Police Services Board accepted the Uniform Staffing Strategy 2005 to 2007. That strategy established a "deployed target" of 5,267 uniformed police in Toronto in August 2005, but wilfully acknowledged - planned, in fact - that the "deployed strength" in August 2005 would be only 5,199 - a so-called "variance" of minus 68. This summer, at a time when we need maximum police strength, our numbers have hit rock bottom because our leaders planned it that way. Chief Blair has regrettably abdicated his leadership responsibilities by endorsing a strategy that places our officers at serious risk. By buying into a flawed staffing plan, he is shuffling an incomplete deck while gun violence escalates. "Hire more police officers" may sound like a self-serving solution coming from the Toronto Police Association, but it is the only safe, reasonable way to support a strategy of problem-focused deployment. In the immediate term, that means increasing staffing and capacities in the recruiting section of the Toronto Police Service employment unit, and providing the resources and incentives needed for a rapid recruitment strategy. While restoring and increasing police ranks to an appropriate level, the chief and Toronto politicians should act swiftly on other solutions to gun violence: # Fund and take full advantage of the potential of computerized tracking of crime hotspots, and inform the public of real-time crime trends and statistics - for example, by using the Toronto Police Service website in bold new ways to communicate better and share information with the public to improve awareness and vigilance. # Adopt measures to encourage and protect law-abiding citizens who want to co-operate with police investigations in troubled areas. # Place video cameras in public places in high-crime areas. # Demand that the justice system send a decisive message to gun criminals, including guaranteed jail time for those who possess unlawful guns, not only use them to commit crimes. # Pressure Toronto Liberal cabinet ministers and MPs to urge federal Minister of Public Safety Anne McLellan to direct the Canada Border Services Agency to adopt tough new measures to stop the flood of illicit guns into Canada from the U.S., including funding for hi-tech vehicle scanning systems at all border crossings. # Implement a new gun amnesty program - as done successfully in October 2000 - to get illegal weapons off Toronto streets. These measures are workable solutions to the gun crisis. The chief and our politicians should heed them, or face their own crisis - one of credibility and confidence that they can do their jobs. Dave Wilson is president of the Toronto Police Association. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:57:08 -0600 (CST) From: "Bruce Mills" Subject: Police hail arrest of shootout suspect http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050819/TOR BRIEFS19-1/TPNational/Toronto Police hail arrest of shootout suspect By TIM LAI Friday, August 19, 2005 Page A9 The arrest of a 25-year-old Toronto man Wednesday night in connection with a June shootout in a north Toronto parking lot is being hailed as a sign of progress in curbing gun violence. Staff Superintendent Glenn DeCaire, head of 31 Division, said in announcing the arrest that the redeployment of officers into the city's northwest is paying off. The shooting took place June 28 outside the Marcus Garvey Sports Bar near Jane Street and Lawrence Avenue West. Tomlyn Bennett of Toronto, who has a bullet wound in the face, has been charged with attempted murder and a variety of firearms offences. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:57:24 -0600 (CST) From: "Bruce Mills" Subject: [COLUMN] It's time to get mad over guns http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2005/08/19/1179115-sun.h tml It's time to get mad over guns Ian Gillespie Free Press Columnist 2005-08-19 02:22:26 Armed robbers wearing masks. A high-speed chase. Shots fired in suburbia. Two dead suspects. If you're like me, Wednesday's events add up to a feeling of bewilderment. Probably a trace of fear. Maybe even a hint of helplessness. Those are natural reactions. But maybe it's time for a different response. Maybe it's time to get hopping mad. Londoners like to pretend our city is somehow immune from the mayhem plaguing cities such as Toronto, where shootings have killed 31 people this year. But as Wednesday's events make clear, London isn't some strife-free haven where nobody locks their doors and everyone knows your name. Before this week's gunplay, there were at least eight shootings in London during the last six months. Prompted by the spike in shootings, London police set up a special task force named (optimistically, I think) Operation Ceasefire. Back in June, London police Chief Murray Faulkner told The Free Press weapons offences had risen 63 per cent from last year. Adding fuel to all this fire was last week's revelation that Lynda Shaw's killer was a convicted murderer who had shot a police officer and a cabbie. After serving 12 years in jail, Alan MacDonald was released. Six months after being granted full parole, he murdered Shaw. According to figures released last month by Statistics Canada, the country's crime rate actually dropped last year -- about one per cent from 2003. The latest figures show that police reported about 2.6 million offences in 2004 -- a rate 12 per cent lower than a decade ago. Many analysts will likely seize on the fact that the country's overall crime rate has dropped. These pundits will try to convince Canadians that things are peachy and the system is working just fine. I don't think so. A closer look at the statistics shows that although violent crime was 10 per cent lower than a decade ago, it's 35 per cent higher than 20 years ago. After hitting a 36-year low in 2003, the country's homicide rate actually rose 12 per cent last year. That's an overall homicide rate of 1.9 homicides for every 100,000 residents. That doesn't sound too bad. Unless you happen to be, know or love one of those 1.9 per centers. Like MacDonald, many of these killers and violent offenders are repeat offenders. Larry Litman has been studying violent criminals for more than 20 years. The professor of forensic psychiatry at the University of Western Ontario says most of these lawbreakers are "lifestyle criminals." His research has shown that most of these bad guys are bad guys when they're young -- and stay bad as they get older. "This is part of the way they live," says Litman. "And they see that as an appropriate way to live." It's time we started imposing mandatory long-term sentences for weapons-related offences. Because if somebody uses a gun to commit a crime, they'll likely do it again. So why on Earth should we give them a second chance? Copyright © The London Free Press ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:57:33 -0600 (CST) From: "Bruce Mills" Subject: Crime shocks area residents http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2005/08/19/1179116-sun.h tml Crime shocks area residents MELINDA DALTON Free Press Reporter 2005-08-19 02:22:25 Nabil Halawani used to say nothing ever happened in his London neighbourhood. Not anymore. Yesterday, police descended on his White Oaks house to haul away bits of siding pockmarked with suspicious holes that might have been left by bullets flying in Wednesday's chase of the White Oaks robbers through his district. "For London, I'm surprised at this," said Halawani, who lives at 260 Josselyn Dr., metres from where a bullet was shot through the windshield of a city police cruiser during Wednesday's mayhem. "We never have anything happening like this in this area." While many residents of White Oaks and Lambeth, the two neighbourhoods at the centre of the dramatics, knew nothing of the White Oaks Mall jewelry store heist and the running gunplay that followed, many were horrified such dangerous events -- in broad daylight and early on a sunny summer afternoon -- could happen on their streets. "I heard them coming through. I thought it was the garbage truck," said Brian Turner, who was at home at 335 Crawford St. when the minivan roared down his street, blowing its tire. "I can't believe it was in the middle of the day. I have kids out here, playing basketball all the time, and there's guys with guns driving around. It's very disturbing." London police also expressed concern over the timing and firearms involved in the brazen robbery. "We're talking about a sunny afternoon in London and within minutes we have a considerable event occurring at a public mall," said Deputy Chief Brad Duncan. "When individuals resort to the use of weaponry such as they have done, it's very concerning to police and to the community we service." Yvonne Taylor was lying on the couch in her home across the road from Turner's when the van went by. "It was just crazy -- the tire blew just outside the house beside us," she said. "It's pretty scary when you have kids around and you see a van going that fast down the road." By the time the chase got to Lambeth, with the bandits then in a Mercedes SUV, it was the heavy police presence behind the fleeing vehicle that left everyone talking. "We just saw all the police cars and people were coming in and telling us what they knew," said Shannon Simmons, working at a hair salon on Lambeth's Main Street. "I still can't believe it. Things like this just don't happen in London." Back on Jalna Boulevard in White Oaks, residents who missed the chaotic getaway in their neighbourhood returned home to find police tape and officers combing the area. "We didn't know what had happened until my dad told us," said Janet Siddique, who found glass -- neighbours said it came from the white minivan getaway vehicle -- on the road in front of her home at 1786 Jalna Blvd. "It's still kind of scary to think about. I'm just relieved no one got badly hurt." Copyright © The London Free Press ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:57:51 -0600 (CST) From: "Bruce Mills" Subject: Man charged after drugs, weapons seized in Lamont http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2005/08/19/1179473-sun.html Man charged after drugs, weapons seized in Lamont A Lamont man has been charged after police raided his outdoor marijuana grow-op and turned up a weapons cache on Tuesday. Fort Saskatchewan RCMP yesterday arrested and charged Glenn Goudie, 42, of Lamont with various offences. He wasn't home during the Tuesday raid. The 11:50 a.m. raid of the rural residence in Lamont County saw the joint-force RCMP and Edmonton Police Service Green Team seize 30 dope plants, with an average height of over two metres. Twenty-one long-barrelled guns were also seized, along with a handgun, thousands of bullets and some prohibited ammunition magazines. Two bulletproof vests, a gas mask and information on how to make grenades were also seized. Goudie was charged with possession and production of marijuana. He also faces 16 counts of possessing a gun without a registration certificate, one count of possessing a weapon obtained by an offence, seven counts of possessing a prohibited device, and one count of possessing a prohibited firearm. Goudie was released on bail and will appear in Fort Saskatchewan provincial court Sept. 21 at 9:30 a.m. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:58:08 -0600 (CST) From: "Bruce Mills" Subject: Robbery style familiar http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2005/08/19/1179114-sun.h tml Robbery style familiar Toronto police are anxious to compare notes with London investigators. JOE BELANGER, Free Press Reporter 2005-08-19 02:22:27 They wear masks, pack high-powered weapons and like to strike in broad daylight. They're brazen, well-organized smash-and-grab jewel thieves -- and they've struck half a dozen times in the Toronto area in the last 18 months. Now, with authorities probing a similar hit that turned deadly in London on Wednesday, police are anxious to find out if there's a connection. News reports and interviews with victims and police suggest similarities in Wednesday's smash-and-grab heist at Anstett Jewellers in White Oaks Mall with at least six other jewelry store robberies in the Toronto area dating to February 2004. The most recent Toronto robbery was July 8, when four masked men wielding hammers and handguns took jewelry from European Jewellery store at Sherway Gardens near Highway. 427 during a noon-hour robbery. "It was just like that, very well executed," said a Toronto store manager. And a Toronto investigator confirmed strong interest in Wednesday's deadly crime in London. "We are certainly interested in these players -- 100 per cent," said Det. John McDonald of the Toronto holdup squad. "But right now, we're really not in a position to comment because we've got to let the London police do their job. We're hoping to meet with them Monday." McDonald said other police forces in the area, especially in York Region -- hit by several similar smash-and-grabs -- will want to share information with London police. At least five other daytime robberies in the last 18 months in the Toronto area involved three to five masked men wielding guns and hammers. In all cases, the robbers escaped unscathed. But not all their victims escaped unhurt. One store owner was pistol-whipped; others, terrorized with guns. In one robbery, a Toronto police officer guarding a store was held at bay by a man pointing a handgun. McDonald said the fact some of the robberies were by three masked men and others up to five doesn't mean they aren't related. "It's like any bunch of guys who like to get together and watch hockey games," he aid. "One night one guy can't make it and they'll ask someone else, or another guy will go along. There's no shortage of people willing to get involved." MacDonald said another similarity with the London case were reports that high-powered weapons were used in the Toronto robberies. Spokespersons for several police forces along the Highway 401 corridor between Kingston and Windsor were contacted, but none, except Toronto, recalled similar robberies. SIMILAR ROBBERIES Toronto-area robberies similar to Wednesday's event in London: - - July 8: Four masked men wielding hammers and handguns take jewelry from European Jewellery store at Sherway Gardens near Hwy. 427 during a noon-hour robbery. - - June 8. Three disguised men hit Berani Jewellery Design on Bayview Avenue in Toronto at 3:20 p.m. - - May 14: L'oro Jewellery store at Markville Mall in Markham is robbed at 10:30 a.m. by four armed men wearing balaclavas and wielding hammers. - - April 9: Robbers point a gun at a Toronto cop guarding a Yorkville jewelry store, escaping in broad daylight with a haul of fancy watches. Police are left seeking three men in the 10:30 a.m. heist. - - Feb. 25, 2004: A pistol-packing gang of four thugs robs the GSV Jewellery on Steeles Ave. W. in Vaughan about 7:20 p.m. and batter the owner with a gun. They escape with knapsacks stuffed with goods, including the store's video security unit. - - Feb. 22, 2004: A gang of five bandits rushes into upscale Van Rijk Diamond Cutters and Jewellers on Eglinton Avenue in Toronto. They fire one shot and flee in the heist that takes less than 90 seconds. Copyright © The London Free Press ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:58:22 -0600 (CST) From: "Bruce Mills" Subject: Heist links probed http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2005/08/19/1179109-sun.h tml Heist links probed Investigators look at whether four suspects have ties to holdups in Ontario and Quebec KELLY PEDRO, JOE BELANGER AND MELINDA DALTON, Free Press Reporters 2005-08-19 02:22:32 London police are probing whether four Quebecers -- two now dead -- suspected in this week's violent jewelry-store heist and gunplay are linked to other Ontario and Quebec holdups. The search for links to other smash-and-grab hits -- police say such bandits often strike far from home -- was among the revelations yesterday, a day after the mayhem at the White Oaks shopping mall that triggered a high-speed police chase ending in death along Highway 402. Other new details: - - One of the two crash survivors, Akili Roberts, 25, of Montreal is charged with robbery. He and the other survivor are in serious condition in a London hospital. - - Police said four armed, masked men fled the mall in a white minivan after the hit on Anstett Jewellers. They shot at police before ditching the van at Nichols Arena, in suburban White Oaks, and jumping into a gold Mercedes SUV. It crashed on the 402, ejecting all its occupants, after the police chase that brought dozens of cruisers racing to the scene. - - A young London officer cheated death after a bullet from the fleeing minivan struck his cruiser windshield, sending glass into his face. - - Early reports suggested an AK-47 assault rifle was found at the crash scene, but a source said it was a less powerful AR-15, .223-calibre U.S. military assault rifle. Some details of the shooting spree that followed the heist emerged yesterday, but a full accounting of who shot whom and where along the chase route has not come out. Police said the robbery was "well executed," and that it's not unusual for such organized bandits to hit far afield. "If this is a serial robbery crime, it's not uncommon for these people to move from jurisdiction to jurisdiction," said London deputy chief Brad Duncan. London police and Ontario's police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit, are separately probing the mayhem. City police are zeroing in on the robbery, and the SIU on the actions of a London officer during the chase and crash. Nine other officers are considered witnesses. The SIU investigates all police actions that cause serious civilian injury or death. The SIU said yesterday the dead men, 36 and 37, are from Quebec. Their names aren't being released until their families are notified. Autopsies determined they died of head trauma consistent with a rollover crash. The dramatic midday robbery in London, in which thieves smashed display cases as horrified shoppers raced to safety, bears similarities to at least six others at Toronto-area jewelry stores. The heist was "well executed," said Duncan. "They were in for a brief period . . . (and) made off with a substantial amount of jewelry." At least one handgun was seen at the store, he said. Toronto police said the use of guns, hammers, masks and timely execution in the London hit were similar to several Toronto robberies. Yesterday, Anstett president David Anstett thanked staff -- all of whom escaped injury -- witnesses, police and emergency services. "We're glad that no innocent bystanders were harmed," he said in a statement. Bill McCarther, owner of a store near the Anstett outlet, said the jewelry store owner acted quickly to safeguard employees. "Mike (Anstett) got them (the employees) in the back and just let the robbers go at it," he said. "Life isn't worth a piece of jewelry." Mall manager Jim Hewer said a worker on the roof at the time relayed the minivan's direction to police. He said security cameras recorded the getaway vehicle sitting at the curb of the Jalna Boulevard exit in front of the mall's parking garage. The minivan left the mall and turned on to Jalna. It was spotted by a constable at Jalna and Erica Crescent, said Duncan. That officer followed the minivan briefly -- Duncan wouldn't say whether its lights or siren were on -- before the van's occupants opened fire. One shot ricocheted off the cruiser's windshield, sending glass into the officer's eye. The officer stopped following the minivan, Duncan said. The injury was minor and the officer was back at work yesterday. Less than a block away, a house was hit by gunfire at Jalna and Josselyn Drive. Police took some of Nabil Halawani's siding when they left yesterday, telling him a bullet may have hit the second floor of his house. "They saw a dark spot and they took a part of the siding off to get the bullet," he said. The minivan turned on to Crawford Street, where witnesses reported hearing more shots and a loud bang, when one of the van's tires blew. The minivan stopped in the parking lot of Nichols, where officers spotted it. The four men inside jumped into the Mercedes and fled south on Wharncliffe Road into Lambeth, then on to the 402. Police won't comment on events after the SUV left the arena due to the SIU probe. Duncan wouldn't say whether the minivan or SUV were stolen. The SUV was eastbound on the 402 when it struck a truck along the shoulder and rolled into a ditch, said the SIU's Rose Bliss. All four men inside were thrown out. It's unclear whether cruisers hit the SUV, she said. "We've been appealing for (chase and crash) witnesses and a number are calling in," said Bliss. Robbery witnesses are being referred to police. Witnesses along the chase route are asked to call the SIU at 1-800-787-8529. Meanwhile, city police were seeking the driver of a burgundy car who talked to the injured officer near Jalna and Erica and the driver of a black pickup in the same area. Both are considered witnesses, police said. THE TRAIL OF EVENTS 1. Anstett Jewellers in White Oaks Mall is robbed at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday. Suspects flee the mall in a white minivan via the Jalna Boulevard entrance. 2. First contact with police happens on Jalna Boulevard near Erica Crescent. Shots are fired, hitting a house and a police cruiser. Police pull back because of the danger. 3. Witnesses report more shots. One minivan tire blows out. 4. White minivan is abandoned with motor running in the back of Earl Nichols arena parking lot. Suspects switch to a gold Mercedes SUV. Police catch up and pursue them. 5. Suspects flee south on Wharncliffe Road. Someone is seen standing through the sunroof of the Mercedes SUV waving a gun as police follow. 6. SUV winds through streets of Lambeth to Colonel Talbot Road. 7. One suspect dies when the Mercedes SUV rolls after exiting the onramp to Highway 402. Another suspect dies en route to hospital. Two others are taken to hospital and arrested. WHAT THEY SAW I just heard a pop, pop, pop and all these banging noises. We thought it was the renovations going on next door until one of the hairdressers said, 'They're robbing the jewelry store!' - -- Janice Balogh, who was at a hair salon near Anstett Jewellers when thieves struck Someone came in here and told us there was a Mercedes hitting people on the street . . . then we saw just a ton of police cars. - -- Graham Ansell, who was at work at Superior Computers on Lambeth's Main Street when the high-speed chase came through We were just (eating a late lunch) when we saw lots of police and fire engines roaring by. I looked down the road and all I could see was dust everywhere and everyone pulling over to the side of the road. - -- Carol Bate, owner of the Precious Pet Parlour on Main Street in Lambeth Copyright © The London Free Press ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V8 #347 ********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Moderator's e-mail address: mailto:akimoya@cogeco.ca List owner: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca FAQ list: http://www.magma.ca/~asd/cfd-faq1.html and http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/Faq/cfd-faq1.html Web Site: http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/homepage.html FTP Site: ftp://teapot.usask.ca/pub/cdn-firearms/ CFDigest Archives: http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/~ab133/ or put the next command in an e-mail message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca get cdn-firearms-digest v04.n192 end (192 is the digest issue number and 04 is the volume) To unsubscribe from _all_ the lists, put the next five lines in a message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca unsubscribe cdn-firearms-digest unsubscribe cdn-firearms-alert unsubscribe cdn-firearms-chat unsubscribe cdn-firearms end (To subscribe, use "subscribe" instead of "unsubscribe".) 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