A murder victim was gunned down on the Danforth Wednesday, a month after Faisal Hussain mowed down two young women and wounded a dozen others in a mass shooting in Greektown.
Toronto Police said 35-year-old Danny Morales — Toronto’s 64th homicide victim of the year — died at the scene shortly after shots were fired at about 2:30 a.m. Officers said they found the dying man alive in a vehicle, but he was pronounced dead a short time later.
Jorge Jose, 27, of Toronto, faces a charge of second-degree murder.
The shooting happened outside a sports bar on Danforth Ave., west of Jones Ave., after a dispute broke out at a different location, the Legends Sports Lounge.
As Red Smoke Tobacconist shop owner Danny Abdoll watched firefighters hose down the blood-stained sidewalk, he attributed the recent spate of deadly violence in Toronto to the spread of firearms.
Abdoll said he has been on the Danforth since 2009 and can’t remember this much violence in his area.
“To my eye, it is the gun problem. It is so easy to access guns, anyone, kids,” said Abdoll. ”There used to be problem areas now it has spread all over the city.
“Everywhere you go there is gun problems.”
On Feb. 5 2017, Tyrone Tomlinson was shot to death in the area — on Langford Ave.– while visiting a friend .
In 2016, a 19-year man was shot and wounded outside a restaurant in the Danforth-Jones Aves. area and in a separate incident that year, a 10-year-old boy was hit in the shoulder by a bullet nearby on Blake St.
Earlier this month, newly-minted Premier Doug Ford pledged $25 million over four years to fight gun and gang-related crime in the city, with the lion’s share earmarked for Toronto police.
The remainder will go to establishing teams at city courthouses that will be dedicated to prosecuting gun crime cases. They will consist of an experienced Crown attorney with additional staff to focus on gangs and guns, Ford said.
Ford stopped short, however, of supporting Tory’s request for a handgun ban in Toronto. The mayor has said he would match provincial funding to fight guns and gangs if he is re-elected as mayor in a municipal election set for Oct. 22.
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