Dramatic images of the tense standoff between officers and the van rampage suspect being seen by a worldwide audience are earning Toronto police kudos for their restraint and professionalism. The bystander footage shows a man standing near a white van stopped on a sidewalk, with his outstretched arm pointing a dark object at an officer out in the street. A man’s voice can be heard telling the officer to “kill me” and “shoot me in the head.”“I have a gun in my pocket,” he yells, and is ordered to “get down or you’ll be shot.”An officer is captured arresting the suspect, near Yonge St. and Sheppard Ave. No shots were fired. “Grateful for the brave and professional response of Toronto police and other first responders to the horrific attack at Yonge and Finch,” Canada’s Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale tweeted.

Source: thestar April 23, 2018 23:56 UTC