Ninety.Take a lamentable bow, Toronto: You’ve hit a murder record.A scraping bow, as yet another body was added to the homicide heap.It was only a matter of when, of course, with six weeks left in 2018. But the kill count had stalled for a while — four mercifully murder-free days passed between No. 89 and No. 90.And some three full weeks without a homicide recorded before No. 89.A lull, only.Read more: With 90 homicides in 2018, Toronto marks grim recordThe 90 victims of Toronto’s record year in homicideWhat Toronto’s homicide record means — and what we can do about it“I don’t know if that’s a sign we’re going to slow down,” acting Insp. Hank Idsinga, head of the homicide squad, told the Star Sunday night, confirming the murder, sounding more weary than hopeful. “But we’re on a 100-pace over the past 12 months.”It had been a death watch over recent days, waiting for that shoe to drop.A beating near Moss Park on Friday evening, the male victim apparently stabbed as well, but he’s hanging on in hospital, listed as critical.Then, around 8:30 Sunday morning, discovery of a deceased male on Shuter St., in front of Haven Toronto, a drop-in centre for homeless men. An orange tarp had been laid over the corpse but there was little police activity in the area and it was soon made clear this wasn’t a homicide. Just another dead guy in the street and there have been plenty of those in this city.Four hours later, emergency services responded to reports of gunshots at an apartment building near Lawrence Ave. E. and Kingston Rd. Paramedics found a male suffering from apparent gunshot wounds, pronounced dead at the scene. Officers found a clutch of shell casings inside.Members of the Emergency Task Force drove up to the 13-storey building, lights flashing, at around 3 p.m., and entered with guns drawn. As of Sunday night, no charges had been laid and the victim had yet to be identified.It ...
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