{"id":1494331,"date":"2022-05-27T08:59:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T12:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1494331"},"modified":"2022-05-27T09:01:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T13:01:22","slug":"toronto-police-shoot-and-kill-armed-man-near-elementary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/toronto-police-shoot-and-kill-armed-man-near-elementary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Police Shoot and Kill Armed Man Near Elementary School"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftoronto-police-shoot-and-kill-armed-man-near-elementary-school%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1494331&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A man <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/gun-and-ammunition-stocks-surge-in-wake-of-uvalde-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wielding a rifle<\/a> near an elementary school in Toronto was <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/they-could-have-been-shot-texas-official-explains-police-hesitation-to-pursue-school-shooter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shot and killed<\/a> by police on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>Police officers responding to a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/toronto-police-shoot-suspect-carrying-gun-nearby-school-2022-05-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> of an armed man walking down a Toronto neighborhood street shot the man after he confronted officers, Toronto&#8217;s police chief said. The incident led to the lockdown of five nearby schools, according to city officials. The shooting comes days after a gunman stormed an elementary school in Texas, killing 21 people.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/they-could-have-been-shot-texas-official-explains-police-hesitation-to-pursue-school-shooter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;THEY COULD HAVE BEEN SHOT&#8217;: TEXAS OFFICIAL EXPLAINS POLICE HESITATION TO PURSUE SHOOTER<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I certainly understand the trauma and how traumatic this must have been for staff, students, and parents, given the recent events that have happened in the United States,&#8221; Toronto Police Chief James Ramer said, referring to Tuesday&#8217;s deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto police have not released the identity of the man killed by police or any details on what his intentions may have been. <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to speculate and suggest that it&#8217;s something similar to what&#8217;s happening in the United States,&#8221; Ramer said. <\/p>\n<p>The Toronto Police Operations&#8217;s Twitter account <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPSOperations\/status\/1529878965124472835?s=20&#038;t=_7v2rugDMm3aiI-B23rBGw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">described<\/a> the armed man as someone in his late teenage years or early 20s.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting occurred near William G. Davis Junior Public School. All schools in the area of the incident lifted their lockdowns after a couple of hours, according to the Toronto District School Board.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/parents-begged-police-for-upwards-of-40-minutes-to-stop-texas-school-shooter-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">entered Robb Elementary School<\/a> in Uvalde, Texas, after shooting his grandmother. Inside the school, he shot and killed 19 children and two teachers before a Border Patrol tactical unit was able to enter the classroom he barricaded himself in and kill him.<\/p>\n<p>Ramos was <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/texas-shooting-suspect-entered-school-unobstructed-officials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not confronted by officers<\/a> before he entered the school through an unlocked door, according to officials. Parents outside the elementary school reportedly<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/parents-begged-police-for-upwards-of-40-minutes-to-stop-texas-school-shooter-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> begged police officers<\/a> to go into the school and stop the shooter for 40 minutes as they stood outside while Ramos holed up in one of the classrooms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man wielding a rifle near an elementary school in Toronto was shot and killed by police on Thursday. 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