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Police capture armed man on bus, Metro police played out tense 30-minute drama early this morning when a man believed to be armed with a machine gun s(...)
Police capture armed man on bus, Metro police played out tense 30-minute drama early this morning when a man believed to be armed with a machine gun s(...)

Police capture armed man on bus, Metro police played out tense 30-minute drama early this morning when a man believed to be armed with a machine gun s(...)

Date6/7/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Police capture armed man on bus; Metro police played out tense 30-minute drama early this morning when a man believed to be armed with a machine gun stalked the halls of Queensway General Hospital in Etobicoke.
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Police capture armed man on bus, Metro police played out tense 30-minute drama early this morning when a man believed to be armed with a machine gun s(...)
Police capture armed man on bus, Metro police played out tense 30-minute drama early this morning when a man believed to be armed with a machine gun s(...)
6/7/1990
Man surrenders: Metro Poilice constable James Knowlton, left, takes a suspect to a cruiser after talking a man out of a gun in an early morning drama that started when a car was driven into a house
Man surrenders: Metro Poilice constable James Knowlton, left, takes a suspect to a cruiser after talking a man out of a gun in an early morning drama that started when a car was driven into a house
10/2/1980
Drama ends: Police arrest Vincent Thomas Leblanc, 36, yesterday in Etobicoke after an armed man confined and sexually assaulted a boy and his mother
Drama ends: Police arrest Vincent Thomas Leblanc, 36, yesterday in Etobicoke after an armed man confined and sexually assaulted a boy and his mother
12/10/1991
Shotgun-armed man kept Emergency task Force Unit of Metro Police at bay for more than an hour yesterday afternoon
Shotgun-armed man kept Emergency task Force Unit of Metro Police at bay for more than an hour yesterday afternoon
3/24/1977
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(...)
1/5/1988
Police with holdup suspect, Metro police Constable Roy Teeft, carrying rifle, escorts Wayne Patton from apartment on Brahms Ave. today following his arrest on a charge of armed robbery
Police with holdup suspect, Metro police Constable Roy Teeft, carrying rifle, escorts Wayne Patton from apartment on Brahms Ave. today following his arrest on a charge of armed robbery
1/23/1975
Street drama: Curious spectators watch as heavily armed police wait out a gun-wielding man who took over his parents' house yesterday
Street drama: Curious spectators watch as heavily armed police wait out a gun-wielding man who took over his parents' house yesterday
5/9/1984
Police lead handcuffed suspected drug traffickers into station after a Metro-wide round-up of people believed involved in illegal narcotic trade early(...)
Police lead handcuffed suspected drug traffickers into station after a Metro-wide round-up of people believed involved in illegal narcotic trade early(...)
5/14/1976
Armed Robbery suspects under arrest, Officers lead Hung Hoang, 20, left, Dung Lieu, 23, and Minh Ly, 24, from cells to a police van on their way to court after charging them with robbery
Armed Robbery suspects under arrest, Officers lead Hung Hoang, 20, left, Dung Lieu, 23, and Minh Ly, 24, from cells to a police van on their way to court after charging them with robbery
7/18/1990
John Brodie, 23, has been charged with armed robbery in connection with the $4,000 hold-up of a Metro Bank of Montreal branch Wednesday
John Brodie, 23, has been charged with armed robbery in connection with the $4,000 hold-up of a Metro Bank of Montreal branch Wednesday
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Shattering entrance: Car driven by an estranged husband remains partially in the living room of his wife's house as police check the scene early this morning
Shattering entrance: Car driven by an estranged husband remains partially in the living room of his wife's house as police check the scene early this morning
10/2/1980
Chase suspect: Metro police Constables Colin Croxon, left, and Mike Delport help wheel a shackled but smiling man into York-Finch General hospital yesterday after a half-hour car chase in west Metro
Chase suspect: Metro police Constables Colin Croxon, left, and Mike Delport help wheel a shackled but smiling man into York-Finch General hospital yesterday after a half-hour car chase in west Metro
2/12/1991