Four people were injured in a shooting near Nathan Phillips Square during Monday’s rally for the NBA champion Toronto Raptors that sent panicked fans scrambling for cover at the culmination of an hours-long victory parade. Devlin urged the crowd to stay calm as police dealt with what he called an “emergency.”The shooting came after thousands of people packed streets along the parade route and crammed Nathan Phillips Square to await the Raptors’ arrival. Some ran west into Nathan Phillips Square and along Queen St., exposing garbage-strewn areas of the roadway that had previously been jammed with people. when she heard a “pop, pop” and everyone started running. “The frightening part was the mass of people running in the same direction,” said Adam Stecher, who was on an elevated platform near Nathan Phillips Square.

Source: thestar June 17, 2019 20:02 UTC