A man stormed into a Halloween frat party in the Annex with a knife, sending five to hospital with stab wounds — one with life-threatening wounds.
It’s not Hollywood — it happened right here in Toronto. These Halloween horrors were not frightening scenes from a movie.
While the city is struggling with the reality that there have been 235 shooting victims in 2019 — a number Police Chief Mark Saunders said Toronto has never “seen before” — comes a ghastly knife attack.
“It’s out of control,” said Toronto Police Association President Mike McCormack.
“And I don’t just say that as the police association president. I say it as a resident of Toronto. It’s unacceptable.”
This stabbing, worse than any horror film could conjure, happened at 11:30 p.m. on Madison Ave., near Bloor St. and Spadina Ave.
Police alleged the stabbing rampage happened after 19-year-old Jacob Alves, of no fixed address, and a 15-year-old girl, of Richmond Hill, were denied entry into a private party being held at the frat house. They both face charges.
The Halloween madness went way beyond this disturbing incident in the Annex with police responding to several shootings in the GTA.
“Shootings are up 30% over last year and we see no sign of it slowing down, even with the extra initiatives,” said McCormack. “The chief has been dealing with it and we will meet Monday to talk about it — to talk about the extension of Project Community Space.”
McCormack said he also plans to talk to Saunders about the stabbing incidents as well — including asking for a comparison over years previous.
While shootings get most of the media coverage, the number of stabbings and people hit with hammers or machetes are alarming.
“In general, violence is up and out of control and not just on Halloween,” said McCormack.
“There is one thing we all agree on. It has got to stop.”
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