| 2018 Toronto shooting | |
| Location: | Greektown, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Target: | Pedestrians |
| Coordinates: | 43.6778°N -79.3517°W |
| Date: | July 22, 2018 |
| Time: | 10 p.m. |
| Type: | Mass shooting |
| Fatalities: | 3 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injuries: | 13 |
| Perp: | Faisal Hussain[1] |
| Susperp: | --> |
| Weapons: | .40-caliber Smith & Wesson M&P semi-automatic pistol[2] [3] |
| Numpart: | --> |
| Dfen: | --> |
| Motive: | Undetermined[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.[3] [1] 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]
Around 10:00 p.m. EDT on July 22, 2018, Faisal Hussain walked along Toronto's busy Danforth Avenue in the Greektown area of the city, randomly shooting pedestrians before opening fire on crowded restaurants.[8] [9] [10] The incident began around Danforth and Logan Avenues near Christina's restaurant. Witnesses described 10 to 15 blasts similar to firecrackers, while others reported hearing gunshots and seeing a man holding a gun.[11] Further along the Danforth at Chester Avenue, witnesses said they saw a man shooting from a sidewalk into another restaurant named Demetre's. The shooter continued to walk westbound on Danforth Avenue towards Hampton Avenue, where witnesses said the shooter crossed the street from the north side to the south side and fired into the 7Numbers restaurant near Bowden Street where one victim was shot.[12] The shooter chose not to shoot certain people he encountered, telling one man, "Don't worry, I'm not going to shoot you."[13] TPS officers responded to calls from witnesses and located the gunman on Bowden Street and initiated a shootout with the suspect. The gunman ran back to Danforth Avenue where he was found dead.
At the corner of Danforth and Logan avenues, police cordoned off an area from bystanders and detonated an unidentified package for undisclosed reasons.