Toronto's 2nd Shooting. - Birchmount and Finch

[Homer88]

It seems like this hasn't been posted/discussed yet. None the less, I'm very disgusted, with the earlier AK47 report and the shooting on the 1st, now this.

Another Ambush


It’s happened again – another dangerous discharge of a weapon in the city.

Gunfire erupted at Birchmount Road and Glendower Circuit south of Finch on Thursday, as police raced to the area just after the noon hour.

One man was hit before being picked up in a car and driven to Scarborough Grace Hospital just three blocks away.

He was later transferred to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, where his condition is said to be serious.

Police immediately closed off the crime scene and set-up a command post to try and trace the shooter and find witnesses.

There’s no word yet on a motive or a suspect description.

It’s the second time in 2006 the sound of ricocheting bullets has echoed through Toronto’s streets.

Less than six hours into the New Year, 21-year-old Dillan Anderson was found shot to death in his car at Eglinton and Locksley Ave.

No arrests have been made yet in that case.

It was the first murder of the year, and followed one of the worst periods for gun slayings in the city’s history. There were 52 killing at the end of a firearm in 2005 – the last one the most notorious of all, the Boxing Day shooting that killed 15-year-old Jane Creba.

Ironically, this latest shooting comes on the same day Premier Dalton McGuinty outlined his plan to reduce gunplay in the city, and the federal Conservatives announced their own program to crackdown on crime.


January 5, 2006

[Irb]

I drove past this area 2 hours ago. 5 minutes from where I live. When they said Birchmount and Finch I immediately said "Glendower"

[anandwww]

Now this is getting too bad. Two deaths in a span of 5days. Then a AK47 found and a grenade thrown..all in toronto >:( toronto becoming a dangerous place... :|

[tinlunlau]

i used to live in that area. Glendower is known for these things. there's always a fire truck at the apartment building down there. usually because there is a fire going on down there. very ghetto area. if u walk around there, be careful.

[Homer88]

At this rate... there will be around 90 shootings by the end of the year. Scary thought...

[Bordello]

At this rate... there will be around 90 shootings by the end of the year. Scary thought...
Nah, it'll all drop down to zero one Paul Martin's passes the handgun ban. :rolleyes:

[15-20_God]

I immediately said "Glendower"

same here.

but anytime birchmount/finch hits the news you know its not about something good. i call it the jane/finch effect.

[kilarney]

>Now this is getting too bad. Two deaths in a span of 5days. Then a AK47 found and a grenade thrown..all in toronto toronto becoming a dangerous place...


Read carefully the article the HOmer88 posted says
He was later transferred to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, where his condition is said to be serious.

Not dead unless you are speculating

i call it the jane/finch effect.

I wonder will Birchmount/Finch follow in Jane-Finchs footsteps :| that would be just scary

[Homer88]

>Now this is getting too bad. Two deaths in a span of 5days. Then a AK47 found and a grenade thrown..all in toronto toronto becoming a dangerous place...


Read carefully the article the HOmer88 posted says


Not dead unless you are speculating



I wonder will Birchmount/Finch follow in Jane-Finchs footsteps :| that would be just scary

I'd be scared if that happens... it seems like I'm in the middle of the bad area, where my area is sort of "ok" at McCowan/Finch. Anything beyond Birchmount on the West side and beyond Markham road on the East side is getting really bad.

[Amuthini]

yup glendower is real grimey, stay away from there.

[cheukiecfu]

what's happening to toronto anyway
with all these shootings...
dun feel safe anymore...

[BeeBee]

Wow ak-47 and grenade? for real? :( :(
I hope we won't reach the crime lvls of american cities.

[Codegen]

This is getting ****ing ridiculous.

[FearSonic]

I'd be scared if that happens... it seems like I'm in the middle of the bad area, where my area is sort of "ok" at McCowan/Finch. Anything beyond Birchmount on the West side and beyond Markham road on the East side is getting really bad.

Haha yeah Homer, our school is gonna get hit up by one of these shootings soon, and you know it.

I'm pretty sickened by what's been happening lately, start profiling officers, if the pants are lower than their ass, SEARCH EM FOR WEAPONS!

I'm just kidding guys, don't shoot me.

[Truth]

i used to live in that area. Glendower is known for these things. there's always a fire truck at the apartment building down there. usually because there is a fire going on down there. very ghetto area. if u walk around there, be careful.


Someone always told me this is one of the safest areas out in the east end... was i lied to???

[Truth]

Haha yeah Homer, our school is gonna get hit up by one of these shootings soon, and you know it.

I'm pretty sickened by what's been happening lately, start profiling officers, if the pants are lower than their ass, SEARCH EM FOR WEAPONS!

I'm just kidding guys, don't shoot me.


WHo are the 18 Buddhas???

[computer01]

same here.

but anytime birchmount/finch hits the news you know its not about something good. i call it the jane/finch effect.

I used to live at Finch and Keele and worked at Jane and Finch for about 18 months. Any time something happened at Jane & Finch, I'd usually think "Driftwood". I was usually right.

[ephemera]

i lived at that building at birchmount and finch. The parking lot in the back used to be a big dealer area and there where cops there every night.
One time I heard yelling out my window, I look out and there are about 200 youths running down birchmount disappearing over backyard fences, then about 10 cop cars go flying by! Crazy!

From the outside it looks dangerous, but I think for people living there, you sorta get used to it and people keep to themselves.

[FearSonic]

WHo are the 18 Buddhas???

Unless you're being sarcastic, the 18 Buddhas are the gang that used to run my area and they were pretty large a couple of years ago. After the police sorta broke them up by arresting a lot of people, most of em migrated to the Jane and Finch boys. Unfortunately, I don't think many of the recent shootings are by 18 Buddhas/JnF Boys.

[dekko]

I'd be scared if that happens... it seems like I'm in the middle of the bad area, where my area is sort of "ok" at McCowan/Finch. Anything beyond Birchmount on the West side and beyond Markham road on the East side is getting really bad.

think you're pretty safe, thats because theres a police station at Brimley and Finch

[h22a7800rpm]

time to move to kitchener i guess

[GateGuardian]

think you're pretty safe, thats because theres a police station at Brimley and Finch

Really? I thought they closed it down a few years ago.... only the police college is still operational..... not sure if they brought it back or not

[FearSonic]

Really? I thought they closed it down a few years ago.... only the police college is still operational..... not sure if they brought it back or not

Not that it would have made a difference, there are no cops patrolling around our school's area. We have/had one rent a cop in our school, and a hall monitor, then a couple rent a cops in the mall accross from it, but what are they gonna do? Whistle and tell them to stop?

Our school is known for lots of trouble. Unfortunately. We're also known for our strong maths and sciences!

[akito925]

i used to live in that area. Glendower is known for these things. there's always a fire truck at the apartment building down there. usually because there is a fire going on down there. very ghetto area. if u walk around there, be careful.

damn I used to live in that area also..

I'd blame the nice warm weather we've been having lately.. and I don't look to forward then the warm weather gets here like mid march when spring starts.. and then summer..

[Amuthini]

do you go to albert campbell?
Not that it would have made a difference, there are no cops patrolling around our school's area. We have/had one rent a cop in our school, and a hall monitor, then a couple rent a cops in the mall accross from it, but what are they gonna do? Whistle and tell them to stop?

Our school is known for lots of trouble. Unfortunately. We're also known for our strong maths and sciences!

[FearSonic]

do you go to albert campbell?

Yup, every Friday since school started this year, there's been an incident in front of our school.

[AirBosh]

WHo are the 18 Buddhas???

Aren't the 18 Buddhas a nortious Asian gang?

[FearSonic]

Aren't the 18 Buddhas a nortious Asian gang?

Yeah, not as powerful as before, but they're still around.

[Homer88]

Yup, every Friday since school started this year, there's been an incident in front of our school.
Are you serious? Luckily I leave a bit earlier now... oh crap.

[AirBosh]

Not that it would have made a difference, there are no cops patrolling around our school's area. We have/had one rent a cop in our school, and a hall monitor, then a couple rent a cops in the mall accross from it, but what are they gonna do? Whistle and tell them to stop?

Our school is known for lots of trouble. Unfortunately. We're also known for our strong maths and sciences!


Campbells known for its maths thx to the fobs. math was tough, i had to take calculus twice. Do they have a football team yet at Campbell?

[FearSonic]

Campbells known for its maths thx to the fobs. math was tough, i had to take calculus twice. Do they have a football team yet at Campbell?

I had to take calculus twice too. -_-

We're NEVER going to have a football team thanks to the first principal who only agreed to take the position if we never had a football team. Damn him.

[spm24]

i lived at that building at birchmount and finch. The parking lot in the back used to be a big dealer area and there where cops there every night.
One time I heard yelling out my window, I look out and there are about 200 youths running down birchmount disappearing over backyard fences, then about 10 cop cars go flying by! Crazy!

From the outside it looks dangerous, but I think for people living there, you sorta get used to it and people keep to themselves.


happened 2 summers ago i think . right ? it was a house party in glendower that got out of hand . there was people running everywhere that night .

glendower has always been a not so good area , there are other areas in scarbrough that are worses or getting there but in the past couple years birchmount finch is just getting taken over by crime .


for the dude who talked about mcowan and finch . its a alright area but even that areas had some bad past the buildings next to campbell as well as the towne houses around woodside have always had some sort of muggings or fights around it .

[FearSonic]

for the dude who talked about mcowan and finch . its a alright area but even that areas had some bad past the buildings next to campbell as well as the towne houses around woodside have always had some sort of muggings or fights around it .

Haha, no kidding, along with RIGHT IN FRONT of Campbell.

[batman321123]

Haha yeah Homer, our school is gonna get hit up by one of these shootings soon, and you know it.

I'm pretty sickened by what's been happening lately, start profiling officers, if the pants are lower than their ass, SEARCH EM FOR WEAPONS!

I'm just kidding guys, don't shoot me.

It's a great idea. The cops excuse can be "His pants were low, so I assumed they were being weighed down by firearms."

[neilson]

I'd be scared if that happens... it seems like I'm in the middle of the bad area, where my area is sort of "ok" at McCowan/Finch. Anything beyond Birchmount on the West side and beyond Markham road on the East side is getting really bad.

Damn; I keep hoping for the day when I can return to the Malvern area as a tourist and actually enjoy myself in the area rather then fearing for a stray gunshot.

In fact, I hope for all of the Finch Ave. Corridor, from Morningside Road all the way west to past Highway 400 to be safer soon.

[tinlunlau]

Yeah, not as powerful as before, but they're still around.

hah~! i knew the 18 Buddha...
i even chilled with some of its members. some dude known to the public as "Blade". he beat up my friend with a 2X4 once over a zippo lighter that my friend (the one who got the beats) tried to get back from Blade. blade was a little... over-the-top, so to speak. i tried to get him to calm down most of the time.

[skuntbehavior]

Damn; I keep hoping for the day when I can return to the Malvern area as a tourist and actually enjoy myself in the area rather then fearing for a stray gunshot.

In fact, I hope for all of the Finch Ave. Corridor, from Morningside Road all the way west to past Highway 400 to be safer soon.


sad, but doubtful.

i am 36 and back in the day when i used to frequent most of these areas, it was like this.

[masterhapposai]

hah~! i knew the 18 Buddha...
i even chilled with some of its members. some dude known to the public as "Blade". he beat up my friend with a 2X4 once over a zippo lighter that my friend (the one who got the beats) tried to get back from Blade. blade was a little... over-the-top, so to speak. i tried to get him to calm down most of the time.

doesn't blade post on this forum?

or maybe it's another forum i go to..

you can chat with him about it! :D

[Truth]

hah~! i knew the 18 Buddha...
i even chilled with some of its members. some dude known to the public as "Blade". he beat up my friend with a 2X4 once over a zippo lighter that my friend (the one who got the beats) tried to get back from Blade. blade was a little... over-the-top, so to speak. i tried to get him to calm down most of the time.


What happened to Blade???

[FearSonic]

hah~! i knew the 18 Buddha...
i even chilled with some of its members. some dude known to the public as "Blade". he beat up my friend with a 2X4 once over a zippo lighter that my friend (the one who got the beats) tried to get back from Blade. blade was a little... over-the-top, so to speak. i tried to get him to calm down most of the time.

I know a couple 18 Buddha too, pretty scary guys but they're nice* once you get to know them. Seriously, they are.

* Doesn't mean they won't kick your ass anyway. Should always stay on the good sides of people. =P

[shad0w*]

Then what Asian gang is notorious at the moment?

[Truth]

Then what Asian gang is notorious at the moment?


Asian street gangs right now are on the down low. IF you go to Alexandra Park Housing Projects near Spadina/Dundas, you won't find too many of the "Asian Assassins Gang" because many have been arrested for armed robberies, drug sells, public fighting, etc etc. I don't want to get into details of what active people do with their business because in turn, its none of my business. I think things have cooled down in Alexandra Park for the last few years now though.

Other places like Regent Park have Chin Pacc, Wilson and Dufferin has guys who chill infront of Hong Kong Billiard, there are Jane and Finch Vietnamese and Filipino crews, Scarbourough etc etc.

Everything seems calm regarding Asian gangs though. Maybe they are becoming smarter now and focusing less on obvious violence in order to make money??? Not saying violence doesn't happen between Asian gangs though, it still does happen.
My friend for example was at the Scarborough Town Centre last year and saw a huge group of Filipino's and another group of Asian guys brawling right in the mall with sticks, knives, fist, feet and anything they got their hands on. Security was way out numbered.

[masterballer]

That building is 5 min from where i live, i see cops there ALL the time.

[shad0w*]

ah, Asians are laying low that's good news.

[vexd]

is any of this race-specific

[Truth]

Don't know. but I haven't heard of too many major Asian gang related shootings in the news for the last year or so. Then again, not everything makes it onto the front pages...

[shad0w*]

Truth, are you a cop?

[vexd]

i might be, im undercover investigating local gangs

[Truth]

Truth, are you a cop?


No. I still represent TSP...

[shad0w*]

Tsp?

[Homer88]

Toilet Stall Posee? haha