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At scene of shooting yesterday where a man using a sawed-off shotgun traded shots with four policemen who had cornered him near Eglinton Ave. and Birc(...)
At scene of shooting yesterday where a man using a sawed-off shotgun traded shots with four policemen who had cornered him near Eglinton Ave. and Birc(...)

At scene of shooting yesterday where a man using a sawed-off shotgun traded shots with four policemen who had cornered him near Eglinton Ave. and Birc(...)

Date3/23/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: At scene of shooting yesterday where a man using a sawed-off shotgun traded shots with four policemen who had cornered him near Eglinton Ave. and Birchmount Rd.; detectives scour the area to collect evidence.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120519F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
Windows shattered: A police officer looks through windows on the driver and passenger side of a van shot out by a shotgun blast yesterday, after a gun was pointed at a policeman
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Two police officers examine shotguns after a holdup attempt
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Holdup Aftermath: Peel police take fingerprints from the scene of last November Hongkong Bank of Canada robbery, in which a bank customer was shot
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To catch a thief, Metro police search railway tracks between Union Station and the SkyDome for an armed man who robbed a bank at 88 University Ave. an(...)
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Wearing leg chain, and with his hands handcuffed behind his back, bank robbery suspect is led away by policemen
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Kenora Policemen-Sgt. Robert Letain (left) and Constable Donald Milliard-examine pants Milliard was wearing when a bank robber was blown up by sticks (...)
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dynamite went off. Police Knew the danger.The robber had even let them smell the dynamite and shown them the detonator he had made of two sticks with (...)
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Shooting suspect is escorted to cells by police officer after a shoot-out in Scarborough following a bank robbery yesterday. Three police constables a(...)
Shooting suspect is escorted to cells by police officer after a shoot-out in Scarborough following a bank robbery yesterday. Three police constables a(...)
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Bullet-ridden van: Policeman holds the jacket discarded by bank robber who got away in Yorkville after police chased him and two accomplices in the black van shown in background
Bullet-ridden van: Policeman holds the jacket discarded by bank robber who got away in Yorkville after police chased him and two accomplices in the black van shown in background
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