Canada - Karolina Heubner-Makurat, 44, killed in daylight shooting near Toronto (Queen/Carlaw) daycare, 7 July 2023

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Woman killed in daylight shooting near Leslieville daycare

Police say the shooting, which took place at Queen Street East and Carlaw Avenue, put Morse Street Child Care Centre under a hold and secure alert.

www.thestar.com

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''A woman has died after a daylight shooting in the Leslieville area of Toronto.

Police were called to Queen Street East and Carlaw Avenue just before 12:30 p.m. for reports of a shooting.

Police said that three individuals were involved in a verbal and physical altercation at Queen Street East and Carlaw Avenue.

Police said they believe there is no connection between the female victim and the three individuals involved in the altercation, but could not confirm for certain.

Immediate medical attention was provided to the victim by officers and paramedics. She was transported to a trauma centre where she was pronounced dead.
Morse Street Child Care Centre is currently under a hold and secure.
The first suspect is described by police as “male, Black, six-feet tall, medium build, with a white shirt with blood on it” and the second is described as “male, Black, wearing dark T-shirt with floral print and blue jeans.

The suspects fled and were last seen heading eastbound from Carlaw Avenue towards Pape Avenue.
Carlaw Avenue and Queen Street East are currently closed in all directions.

''The homicide squad has been notified and they are investigating the scene.
This is a developing story.''

Woman killed in daytime Leslieville shooting: police

A woman has been rushed to a trauma centre following a shooting near the intersection of Queen Street East and Carlaw Avenue.

www.cp24.com

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“It is unknown at this time if there is a relationship between the female and these three individuals. It is not believed that there is but it is still actively being investigated and it has not been confirmed.”

Olszevski said police have “limited suspect descriptions” and do not know how many shooters were involved.

Woman fatally shot in Leslieville may have been innocent bystander

Toronto police say they do not believe a woman killed in a daylight shooting in Leslieville on Friday was involved in the altercation that led to the gunfire.

www.cp24.com

''She said at this point, investigators do not have enough information to release suspect descriptions.

“Thankfully we have a lot of witnesses that have come forward and there is a lot of video in this area so we are still actively investigating and reviewing video to confirm descriptions that we will be able to release a later time,” she said.

Police said the suspects were last fleeing the scene eastbound from Carlaw Avenue towards Pape Avenue.

The homicide squad is leading the investigation but Olszevski said the guns and gangs unit, 55 Division officers, and the Toronto Police Service’s forensic identification unit are also on scene assisting with the case.

“This was a Friday afternoon on Queen Street East. (This is a) very busy neighbourhood (with) commuters, pedestrians, streetcars, and vehicles,” she said.

“To anyone who may have seen this incident, have dash cam video, or any video from the storefronts or apartment units above, please contact investigators.”

 

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Woman fatally shot in Leslieville may have been an innocent bystander

Toronto police say they do not believe a woman killed in a daylight shooting in Leslieville on Friday was involved in the altercation that led to the gunfire.

www.cp24.com

''Toronto police say a woman killed in a daylight shooting in Leslieville on Friday was an innocent bystander and was not involved in the altercation that led to the gunfire.

Officers were called to the intersection of Queen Street and Carlaw Avenue shortly before 12:30 p.m. on Friday for a reported shooting in the area.

When officers arrived on scene, they located a woman in her 40s suffering from gunshot wounds. She was rushed to a nearby trauma centre but later pronounced dead.''

 

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A new article from the Toronto Star:
Woman killed in daylight shooting near Leslieville daycare

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"A woman has died after a daylight shooting outside a supervised injection site in Leslieville.

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Latex gloves and other evidence of the paramedics’ efforts to resuscitate the shooting victim could be seen on the north sidewalk across from the South Riverdale Community Health Centre, which hosts a supervised injection site.

Two people who said they were regular clients of the injection site described an atmosphere that had been deteriorating recently as new drug dealers had come to the area, leading to theft and disputes, they said.

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Finkle said a group of residents has brought safety concerns to the senior staff at the health centre repeatedly over the last year, culminating in a log of incidents over the course of the last month.

“We recorded more than 140 incidents of open drug use, overdosing, violence and menacing behaviour in less than four weeks,” he said. “They exhibit zero concern about what goes on outside their building.”

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“We’ve been warning them that at some point, a child is going to get injured. It turned out to be a 40-something woman, but it’s equally as tragic,” he said.


“We’ve been asking them for a very long time to provide security and they don’t treat it as very urgent. Maybe they will now.”"

 

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This video report from Catherine McDonald of Global News Toronto is also informative:

Woman in her 40s killed after being struck by bullet on Queen Street in Leslieville. | Watch News Videos Online

 

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Police have identified the victim as 44 year old Karolina Huebner-Makurat.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-homicide-victim-karolina-huebner-makurat-1.6901219

This Toronto Star piece gives a little more:
Woman killed in daytime shooting in Leslieville identified

Not going to post links to them, but it is still possible to find Facebook pages. She had a loving family, including two gorgeous little daughters who just finished grade two and junior kindergarten. It is so unfair that their mom was taken from them so senselessly.


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CityNews

toronto.citynews.ca

''Caroline Huebner-Makurat, 44, of Toronto, was found in the area and transported to a trauma centre in an ambulance. She was later pronounced dead.

Witnesses reported seeing three males involved in an altercation before shots rang out.

Police say two of the men pulled out handguns and fired them at each other. Investigators did not say how many shots were fired but one of the stray bullets struck Huebner-Makurat.

Earlier police released information on two of the suspects. No description has been provided for the third person involved in the original confrontation that led to the shooting.

They are described as:

• Suspect 1: Male, Black, six-foot-tall with a medium build. He was wearing a white shirt with blood on it.
• Suspect 2: Male, Black wearing a dark T-shirt with a floral print and blue jeans. He was last seen on foot on Queen Street heading towards Boston Avenue.''

 

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Toronto police identify 3 suspects wanted in fatal daytime shooting in Leslieville

Toronto police are searching for three suspects wanted in connection with a daytime shooting in the city’s Leslieville neighbourhood that killed a 44-year-old woman.

www.cp24.com

The Toronto Police Service release images of three suspects wanted in connection with the daytime shooting in the Leslieville area. (Toronto Police Service)

''The first is described as a tall and 25 to 30 years old with a medium build, cornrows, and potential head injuries. He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt with a black stripe from sleeve to sleeve, blue jeans, and white shoes.

The second suspect is described 18 to 25 years old with a slim build, average height, and long hair in a ponytail. He was last seen wearing a black baseball hat, a black North Face hoodie, dark coloured jeans, and white shoes, while the third is tall and 18 to 25 years old with a thin build. He was last seen wearing a grey hoodie, dark pants, and shoes.

Do not approach the suspects as police say they should be considered armed and dangerous''.

 

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High school pal doesn't want Leslieville murder victim to be just 'another number'

The tributes continued on Monday for murder victim Karolina Huebner-Makurat, who was shot to death last Friday in Lesliveville.

torontosun.com

''High school pal doesn't want Leslieville murder victim to be just 'another number'​

She leaves behind a husband and two young girls, aged 4 and 7''
Jane Stevenson
Jul 10, 2023



''Has Toronto become “the Wild West?”

“I think it is the Wild West when you have people walking around carrying guns,” said Bendixen during a telephone interview with The Toronto Sun.

“I think it says people need to wake up to the fact that Toronto is no longer a safer place to work and play. It’s dangerous. And I’m afraid our politicians, in my opinion, are not going to take the proper steps to deal with this stuff. And my biggest concern with Caroline is that she’ll just be another number, another victim. “

“Toronto’s got to do better,” he said. “An innocent lady shouldn’t have to lose her life, coming from lunch just like everybody else, and getting shot out of nowhere and leaving two kids and a husband behind. Toronto’s clearly not handling the gun issues at all.”

''Tutu said he would have felt safer if there was more of a police presence in the area on Monday morning. By the afternoon, there were multiple police cruisers doing patrols.

Daniel Jewellers, on the same block as where the shooting took place, had surveillance video which showed people ducking for cover behind a car last Friday and a male suspect walking slowly from across the street as he put a gun in his waistband.''

LILLEY: Crime is up and criminals are more brazen in today's Toronto

A shocking shooting at 6 a.m. Monday in the city's core is just the latest example of brazen criminal acts.

torontosun.com

''If it seems Toronto is getting more violent, that crime is, you are correct. The Major Crime Indicator that tracks assault, auto theft, break and enter, homicide, robbery and sexual violation is up by 20% in 2023, compared to the same period last year.

We have recorded fewer homicides — four less than this time last year — and the number of shooting incidents is down by 30%, compared to the first six months of 2022. Otherwise, crime is up.

More stabbings, more assaults, more sexual violations — which are up 11.5% — all of which, along with the robberies and auto thefts, leave residents on edge.''

 

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'Caroline was a beacon of light': Husband of Leslieville shooting victim releases statement

The husband of Karolina Huebner-Makurat, the bystander killed by a stray bullet in a daytime shooting in Leslieville, has issued a statement to the public.

www.cp24.com

''Damian Hudson, 32, of Toronto, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder. Court documents obtained by the Canadian Press show that the accused has a criminal record.

Hudson was charged in 2021 with assault causing bodily harm in and failing to comply with probation order issued in 2019. He was also charged with two counts of assault in March of last year and with failing to comply with the same probation order.

Hudson was due to appear in a Toronto court on Thursday.

Police continue to search for two outstanding suspects, and ask anyone with information to contact investigators.''

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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...

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Aug 15 2023

LILLEY: Two charged, including safe-injection site worker, in Leslieville murder

Police arrest two more people in the July 7 shooting, including someone who worked at the safe injection site.

torontosun.com

'Two more arrests were made in the July 7 Leslieville shooting that killed Karolina Huebner-Makurat.'

'One is a man with past convictions who allegedly violated his probation, the other a woman who worked at the South Riverdale Community Health Centre.'

On that July afternoon, Toronto Police say, a fight broke out in that parkette, two of the men pulled guns and started shooting at each other. The men missed each other, but a bullet hit Huebner-Makurat, killing her.

Everyone fled the scene, and according to police, a worker at the centre allegedly helped some of those involved escape.

The latest two arrests happened on Monday, according to police, and by Tuesday morning, residents of Leslieville were hearing that one of those arrested was connected to the harm reduction program at the SRCHC.

In a news release issued just around 1pm, police said that Khalila Zara Mohammed, 23, of Pickering, was charged with accessory after the fact to an indictable offence and obstruction of justice. Mohammed was profiled by CBC last year for the work she was doing with addicts in the centre’s harm-reduction program.''

 

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Husband of Toronto mother who was struck by stray bullet opens up about loss

The husband of a woman and mother of two young daughters who was killed in Toronto’s east-end this summer is opening up about the grief that he lives with and the circumstances that led up to the tragedy.

www.cp24.com

Caroline worked at Air Canada as senior manager, had three university degrees centred in teaching and technology and travelled extensively.''​

''Her husband, Adrian Makurat, spoke exclusively with CTV News Toronto last week about the shooting and how he will ultimately remember his wife of nine years.''

The emotional interview was done in the Haliburton area ahead of Wilderness Traverse, a gruelling 24-hour adventure team race through Ontario’s backcountry on foot, by bike and canoe that Makurat was participating in.

“You never know when you may not be able to speak to someone again, and I know what the last few words that I said to Caroline were. It was something special and I’ll forever remember that,” Makurat said.

“Now it’s about what she won’t see. What she won’t be able to accomplish, where she won’t be able to go, what she won’t be able to feel.”

Makurat attributes the way he has managed since Caroline’s death to his experience facing physical and mental adversity, with Polish Scouts and through 20 years of adventure racing.

He said that in past years Caroline followed the wilderness race from home as GPS trackers allow spectators to connect to a website and see how participants are doing. This year his team finished eight overall in the race.

“I look at it as breaking it down into these micro sections, 100 metres, 200 metres. You do what you can in that little section and you replicate it, and if you do that over and over again, you achieve that goal of getting through that stage, and that’s how I relate to my day-to-day life right now,” he said''

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/another-suspect-leslieville-shooting-1.7107458

''Toronto police have identified a third suspect wanted in connection with an east end shooting that killed a mother of two back in July.

In a news release on Wednesday, police said Ahmed Ali, 19, is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for manslaughter and robbery with a firearm. He is believed to be in Somalia.''

''Homicide Det.-Sgt. Henri Marsman told reporters at a news conference Wednesday that police believe the altercation among the three males was a robbery involving drugs or money or both and that Ali was one of the three males.''
''Ali is described as six feet tall, about 130 lbs., with a thin build and long dark hair worn in braids. Police released images of him on Wednesday.
Marsman said police are "making efforts" through interpol to locate Ali but would like the public's help in locating him. He said Canada doesn't have an extradition treaty with Somalia.''