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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(...)

Carried out, Emergency Task Force officers haul off suspect Robert Patterson, 56, of Brantford, after tenants of an Etobicoke apartment building heard(...)

Date12/5/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Carried out; Emergency Task Force officers haul off suspect Robert Patterson; 56; of Brantford; after tenants of an Etobicoke apartment building heard a shot fired yesterday. Police staked out the building for more than an hour before flushing out the suspects with tear gas. Patterson; who faces four charges; got his face bloodied; after old injuries opened; in a scuffle with police. Police said he kicked an officer.
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