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Shotgun-armed man kept Emergency task Force Unit of Metro Police at bay for more than an hour yesterday afternoon
Shotgun-armed man kept Emergency task Force Unit of Metro Police at bay for more than an hour yesterday afternoon

Shotgun-armed man kept Emergency task Force Unit of Metro Police at bay for more than an hour yesterday afternoon

Date3/24/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Shotgun-armed man kept Emergency task Force Unit of Metro Police at bay for more than an hour yesterday afternoon.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0119856F
Gunman relents after 3-hour siege, Officers of the Metro police emergency Task Force, above, talk with a man armed with a rifle in his car yesterday n(...)
Gunman relents after 3-hour siege, Officers of the Metro police emergency Task Force, above, talk with a man armed with a rifle in his car yesterday n(...)
1/5/1988
Emergency task force police, armed with shotguns and wearing bullet-proof vests, prepare to storm an apartment on Dundas St. E. early this morning aft(...)
Emergency task force police, armed with shotguns and wearing bullet-proof vests, prepare to storm an apartment on Dundas St. E. early this morning aft(...)
2/20/1976
Carried out, Emergency Task Force officers haul off suspect Robert Patterson, 56, of Brantford, after tenants of an Etobicoke apartment building heard(...)
Carried out, Emergency Task Force officers haul off suspect Robert Patterson, 56, of Brantford, after tenants of an Etobicoke apartment building heard(...)
12/5/1981
Police capture armed man on bus, Metro police played out tense 30-minute drama early this morning when a man believed to be armed with a machine gun s(...)
Police capture armed man on bus, Metro police played out tense 30-minute drama early this morning when a man believed to be armed with a machine gun s(...)
6/7/1990
Police capture armed man on bus, Metro police played out tense 30-minute drama early this morning when a man believed to be armed with a machine gun s(...)
Police capture armed man on bus, Metro police played out tense 30-minute drama early this morning when a man believed to be armed with a machine gun s(...)
6/7/1990
Chase suspect: Metro police Constables Colin Croxon, left, and Mike Delport help wheel a shackled but smiling man into York-Finch General hospital yesterday after a half-hour car chase in west Metro
Chase suspect: Metro police Constables Colin Croxon, left, and Mike Delport help wheel a shackled but smiling man into York-Finch General hospital yesterday after a half-hour car chase in west Metro
2/12/1991
Drama ends: Police arrest Vincent Thomas Leblanc, 36, yesterday in Etobicoke after an armed man confined and sexually assaulted a boy and his mother
Drama ends: Police arrest Vincent Thomas Leblanc, 36, yesterday in Etobicoke after an armed man confined and sexually assaulted a boy and his mother
12/10/1991
Party's aftermath: A man is taken into custody by Emergency Task Force officers yesterday after a shotgun was reported fired in an East York apartment parking lot following a drinking party
Party's aftermath: A man is taken into custody by Emergency Task Force officers yesterday after a shotgun was reported fired in an East York apartment parking lot following a drinking party
5/24/1983
Police with holdup suspect, Metro police Constable Roy Teeft, carrying rifle, escorts Wayne Patton from apartment on Brahms Ave. today following his arrest on a charge of armed robbery
Police with holdup suspect, Metro police Constable Roy Teeft, carrying rifle, escorts Wayne Patton from apartment on Brahms Ave. today following his arrest on a charge of armed robbery
1/23/1975
Body found: A Metro police Emergency Task Force unit and other police vehicles block a road to the Humber River, near the thick underbrush where two boys found the body of Alison Parrott last night
Body found: A Metro police Emergency Task Force unit and other police vehicles block a road to the Humber River, near the thick underbrush where two boys found the body of Alison Parrott last night
7/27/1986
Armed Robbery suspects under arrest, Officers lead Hung Hoang, 20, left, Dung Lieu, 23, and Minh Ly, 24, from cells to a police van on their way to court after charging them with robbery
Armed Robbery suspects under arrest, Officers lead Hung Hoang, 20, left, Dung Lieu, 23, and Minh Ly, 24, from cells to a police van on their way to court after charging them with robbery
7/18/1990
John Brodie, 23, has been charged with armed robbery in connection with the $4,000 hold-up of a Metro Bank of Montreal branch Wednesday
John Brodie, 23, has been charged with armed robbery in connection with the $4,000 hold-up of a Metro Bank of Montreal branch Wednesday
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