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Gunman relents after 3-hour siege, Officers of the Metro police emergency Task Force, above, talk with a man armed with a rifle in his car yesterday n(...)
Gunman relents after 3-hour siege, Officers of the Metro police emergency Task Force, above, talk with a man armed with a rifle in his car yesterday n(...)

Gunman relents after 3-hour siege, Officers of the Metro police emergency Task Force, above, talk with a man armed with a rifle in his car yesterday n(...)

Date1/5/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Gunman relents after 3-hour siege; Officers of the Metro police emergency Task Force; above; talk with a man armed with a rifle in his car yesterday near Albion and Weston Rds. The stand-off ended peacefully after three hours; and a suspect; below; was taken into custody. Domestic woes may have caused the incident; said police.
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