HOTEL PARKING LOT SCENE OF SHOOTING
insideTORONTO.com
Oct 08, 2009 – 5:50 PM
Hotel parking lot scene of shooting. Officers inspect evidence at
the scene of a shooting that took place on Hall Crown Place Thursday
afternoon. Staff photo/ANDREW PALAMARCHUK A man was seriously hurt
in a drug-related shooting outside the Radisson Hotel on Hallcrown
Place near Victoria Park Avenue and Consumers Road Thursday, Oct. 8.
"Police located a crime scene in the parking lot. They located blood
and drugs," Const. Tony Vella said. "The man who was shot left in
a silver Honda Accord. I don’t know if he was the passenger or the
driver."
The car and the victim turned up at Humber River Regional Hospital’s
Finch site a short time after the 12:46 p.m. gunfire.
The three male suspects fled in a black Honda with Quebec plates. It
appears the two Hondas collided in the hotel parking lot.
"The victim’s vehicle was originally chasing the black Honda,"
Vella said.
Scott Purkis heard the crash and saw a black car with a large dent on
the driver’s side door leave the scene. "I saw a silver car with the
bumper hanging off the front maybe about 15 seconds later," Purkis
said. "There was definitely damage to both cars."
The silver car’s bumper fell off in the parking lot. Police also
found a baseball cap and a shoe at the scene.
The victim was listed in stable condition and is expected to survive.
"It’s scary, very scary," said Purkis. "But these things can happen
anywhere."
Police have vague descriptions of the suspects, who wore dark clothes.
"We’re urging people who witnessed the incident to call police,"
Vella said.
The hotel parking lot and the parking lot to the adjacent Armenian
Community Centre were cordoned off for several hours for the
investigation.