CANADA Canada - Jelena Loncar, 32, Toronto, 26 Aug 2014

http://www.citynews.ca/2014/10/15/security-video-released-of-shooting-outside-downtown-nightclub/

"Toronto police have released security video of a fatal shooting outside a downtown nightclub and say they’re “extremely confident” they’ll find those responsible.

Just after 3 a.m. on Aug. 26, Jelena Loncar had been chatting with friends outside C Lounge on Wellington Street, just west of Spadina Avenue, after finishing a bartending shift at nearby Hunters Landing restaurant.

Det.-Sgt. Debbie Harris said between eight and 10 suspects were seen getting out of three cars on Wellington and approaching the crowd were Loncar, 32, was standing. It was then that the shooting happened and she was hit by a stray bullet.

She died later in hospital".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbI5jV9oUfQ
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" Published on Oct 15, 2014

On Tuesday, August 26, 2014, at 3:12 a.m., police received a call for a shooting in the Spadina Avenue and Wellington Street West area.

When police arrived, they located a man and an unconscious woman in the area with apparent firearm injures. They were taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The woman succumbed to her injuries at the hospital.

The victim has been identified as Jelena Loncar, 32, of Toronto

Homicide investigators have released this video of vehicles of interest that are connected to a shooting twenty minutes prior to the shooting which took the life of Jelena Loncar.

Toronto Police is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying these three vehicles and their occupants.
In this video, three vehicles travelling eastbound on King Street West and turning on to Portland Street. Later, the same three vehicles travelling northbound on Portland Street passing King Street West.

Suspect vehicle #1: Chrysler 300, 2011-2012 base model, white, no sunroof, standard rims, no front plate or front plate holder, small black roof antenna knob.

Suspect vehicle #2: dark colored, 4 door vehicle, no sunroof, standard rims, small spoiler lip on the trunk, has both front and rear plates

Suspect vehicle #3: a dark colored, 4 door vehicle, tinted side, front and rear windows, no sunroof, standard rims and both front and rear plates

Police are also looking for a person of interest who is described as: male, black, 18-25 years of age, 5'10" to 6', thin build, gold grills on his teeth, short black hair, possibly in corn rows.




Earlier that morning, at approximately 2:45 a.m., there was an exchange of gun fire in a parking lot at the rear of 689 The Queensway located near The Queensway and Royal York Road. Vehicles with similar descriptions were observed fleeing the area, and drove directly to Wellington Street. The vehicles involved in the shooting at the rear of 689 The Queensway are alleged to be the same vehicles involved in Homicide 27/2014.

Homicide investigators are appealing to the witnesses to both occurrences that haven’t come forward. Investigators would like to speak to the witness, or anyone else with information.

Toronto Police would like to ask all rental car agencies to take note of the description of these three vehicles and the time frame of August 25 to August 26 and call if you have any information that will assist in this investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at:

Toronto Police Homicide
416-808-7400

Crime Stoppers
416-222-TIPS"

August 28 /14

http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2...to_breathe_i_said_dont_go_please_dont_go.html

“Her goal was always to make people happy and she was such a happy person,” Rogers said. “She didn’t deserve this.”

Originally from Croatia, Loncar grew up in Niagara Falls, Ont. and had been living in Toronto with her sister for the last few years, friends said.

Rogers is trying not to blame herself for inviting Loncar out Monday night, but admits she keeps running through scenarios where the night could have ended differently.

“I wish I could have done more ... I want justice for her,” she said.

Rogers wants Loncar’s family to know she was not alone on the road — that she and Newton stayed with her, holding her hand and talking to her, telling her it was going to be OK.

“She was loved at the end,” Rogers said."

http://www.chch.com/police-update-investigation-slain-niagara-woman-toronto/
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"Toronto homicide detectives have released new evidence they hope will lead to the gunmen who killed Jelena Loncar. The Niagara Falls native was shot multiple times simply standing on the street with friends in the entertainment district. Police believe that Jelena was not the intended target. She was an innocent victim who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Lana Loncar, Jelena’s sister: “I want you to know she was the nicest person in the world. She greeted everyone with a big smile and a massive hug.”

http://www.citynews.ca/2016/08/26/50000-reward-offered-two-years-innocent-bystander-shot-dead/

Jelena Loncar, 32, died after she was shot outside a downtown Toronto nightclub on Aug. 26, 2014

$ 50,000 reward!

On Friday, police offered a reward for any information that leads to a conviction. They also released a description of a person of interest in the case. They’re looking for a black man, approximately 18 to 25 years old, five-feet-10-inches to six-feet tall. He has thin build, gold grills on his teeth, and short black hair that may be in cornrows.

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Feb 13 2020
Search for justice continues 6 years after woman killed by stray bullet
''Search for justice continues 6 years after woman killed by stray bullet
Jelena Loncar was killed six years ago by a stray bullet outside a Toronto nightclub. Tammie Sutherland speaks to her heartbroken family about their loss, and to police about the unusual method being used to try to catch her killer.''

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July 13 2023 Codi Wilson,
''When Lana Loncar first heard about a shooting in Leslieville last week that claimed the life of a mother of two, her first thought was, “Here we go again,” she said.

Nearly nine years after her sister Jelena was killed by a stray bullet outside a now-shuttered downtown nightclub, she said she and her family continue to grieve the tragic loss.

“Another life lost to absolute senseless violence,” Loncar said of 44-year-old Karolina Huebner-Makurat, who was struck and killed by a stray bullet while walking near Queen Street East and Carlaw Avenue last Friday afternoon.''

Loncar said she hopes this case has a more successful outcome than her sister’s.

Jelena Loncar, 32, was killed by an unidentified gunman outside C Lounge, located near Wellington and Portland streets, in the early morning hours of Aug. 26, 2014.

She had just finished working a shift at a nearby restaurant and went to the nightclub to wish a friend a happy birthday.''

“I guess she made it there when it was already past last call and so she waited for her (friend) outside,” her sister told CP24.com in an interview on Tuesday.

A short time later, an altercation broke out in front of the bar and when gunfire erupted, Jelena was struck and killed.

“My sister wanted to go out after work. She didn’t think it was going to be a dangerous evening,” Loncar said.''

''So far, there has not been enough evidence to make an arrest in the case.

“It was late at night. The cameras around were pretty crappy and yes there were tonnes of people around, but when guns start going off, people don’t really look where the bullets are coming from. They just run,” Loncar said.

Detectives involved in the case, she said, have also indicated that some key witnesses were not cooperative.''


In August 2015, 26-year-old Ariela Navarro-Fenoy was struck and killed by gunfire outside of Muzik nightclub on the grounds of Exhibition Place after shots rang out at an OVO Fest after-party. Police said at the time that they did not believe she was the intended target of the shooting and to date, her murder has not been solved.

''In August of the following year, 61-year-old Peggy Ann Smith was killed after nearly a dozen shots were fired in broad daylight in the residential area of Dundas and Munro streets in Riverdale. At the time, Smith was visiting with her daughter and two of her grandchildren. No arrests have been made in her murder.''