2018 Toronto shooting

2018 Toronto shooting
Map with indicator in southeast Toronto
Map with indicator in southeast Toronto
Location of shooting in Toronto
LocationGreektown, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates43°40′40″N 79°21′6″W / 43.67778°N 79.35167°W / 43.67778; -79.35167
DateJuly 22, 2018
10 p.m. (UTC−04:00)
TargetPedestrians
Attack type
Mass shooting
Weapons.40-caliber Smith & Wesson M&P semi-automatic pistol[1][2]
Deaths3 (including the perpetrator)
Injured13
PerpetratorFaisal Hussain[3]
MotiveUndetermined[4]

A mass shooting occurred on Danforth Avenue in the Greektown neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the night of July 22, 2018.[5] Faisal Hussain killed two people and wounded thirteen using a Smith & Wesson M&P .40-calibre handgun.[2][3] He died by suicide after a shootout with Toronto Police Service (TPS) officers.[6] Despite a year long investigation, authorities were unable to determine a motive for the shooting. They noted that Hussain had mental health issues and a long time obsession with violence.[7]

  1. ^ Warmington, Joe (July 25, 2018). "Danforth shooter was 'armed for war,' sources say". Toronto Sun. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Danforth shooting: SIU says 'no basis' to lay charges against Toronto police in gunman's death". Global News. January 16, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Faisal Hussain ID'd as gunman in deadly Danforth shooting attack".
  4. ^ "'We may never know why': Danforth shooter fascinated by death, but motive still unclear". CBC News. June 21, 2019.
  5. ^ "Toronto shooting: Gunman kills woman and child in Greektown". BBC. July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  6. ^ "Faisal Hussain, gunman in Danforth shooting rampage, killed himself: police source". CBC News. July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  7. ^ "Toronto Danforth mass shooter's long dark obsession with death, violence and 'incel' ideology". nationalpost. Retrieved March 24, 2023.