Toronto Police PR Department sends us the report on Gun Homicides this year so far!!!!!!
Jean Springer, 60, Jan. 1
Jeffery Watson, 22, Jan. 11
Patrick Junior Barrera, 23, Jan. 14
Unnamed youth, 17, Feb. 4
Lincoln Thomas, 40, March 15
Christopher Holder, 32, March 17
Tito Benjamin, 29, April 3
Jeremy Paul, 18, April 5
Bradley Frank, 30, April 12
Kirk Richards, 24, April 21
Knong Duy Nguyen, 34, May 9
Glen Davis, 66, May 18
Jonathan Musse, 19, May 20
Mark Smith, 40, May 21
Jordan Manners, 15, May 23
Clifford Charles, 43, July 4
Shawn Day, 33, July 4
Jose Hierro-Saez, 10, July 9
Ricardo Frances, 23, July 13
Kimel Foster, 21, July 21
Ephraim Brown, 11, July 22
Shawn James, 31, July 22
Amin Aafi, 24, July 22
Michael George, 25, July 25
Munit Walia, 27, July 30
Kevon Hall, 19, Aug. 4
Patrick Doan Lim, 26, Aug. 16
Sarah Grupstein, 81, Sept. 19
Richard Gyamfi, 19, Sept. 28
Name withheld, Oct. 6
Keegan Allen, 18, Oct. 8
Rachel Alleyne, 30, Oct. 9
Jamie Hilton, 20, Oct. 28
Most of you know that I arrived from Nigeria to Toronto in June 2007, the week after a school shooting here. I was not surprised I said, as school shootings is a "normal" thing back in the States when I lived there. Wait a minute? Those don't happen here. It was a first for Toronto which I never knew. Is Toronto starting to look like America and the gun? You be the judge. Does the media have to do with any of that phenomenon? Nigerian TV for example cannot air CSI, Law and Order and certain shows. You can watch it on DSTV, the "Rogers cable" of Africa. Cable companies have to assess these issues too. The concept of free speech in some of these countries defeats that. Hope we never become one of those listed! VERY SAD!
