It ended with there being 68 — two more than at this time in 2017.
One of the three reported was from last week. The other two from this deadly day.
Number 68 started as a call to police for a fight in action. By the time police got there, it was deemed a murder.
First responders were called to reported physical altercation at Melham Crt. and Melford Dr. area, near Tapscott Rd. and Finch Ave. E. after 3 p.m.
Assault: Melham Crt / Melford Dr— Toronto Police OPS (@TPSOperations) August 24, 2018
-altercation between 2 men
-1 male with upper body injury, unconsc/not breathing
-Police/EMS on scene
-suspect fled the scene
-Homicide notified and investigating#GO1564549
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When the arrived in the found one man with what some witnesses descried as a head wound in critical condition. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
When police got there they were told that a second person had fled the scene. A search for that suspect has commenced.
Police have cordoned off the area as they work on trying to both find the other person in the fight and also piece together what went on there, within a unit of an industrial complex.
Toronto Police spokesperson Gary Long said while media is reporting this as the city’s 68th homicide of 2018, he has not been informed that it has been given a number.
“Toronto Police homicide is investigating it and but no update is available so far,” he said.
If there is a suspect arrested or if there is a search for one, he said, it will be put out in a news release when the information is available.
Police have yet to name the victim, but his sister told Global News his name was Cecil Graham and he was 49.
She told the TV network her “sweet and kind ” brother lived in a truck behind the industrial development.
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