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Wild shootout at St. Clair Ave. and O'Connor Dr. today left three policemen and a suspected bank robber wounded. Constable William Russell, 34, was sh(...)
Wild shootout at St. Clair Ave. and O'Connor Dr. today left three policemen and a suspected bank robber wounded. Constable William Russell, 34, was sh(...)

Wild shootout at St. Clair Ave. and O'Connor Dr. today left three policemen and a suspected bank robber wounded. Constable William Russell, 34, was sh(...)

Date1/29/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Wild shootout at St. Clair Ave. and O'Connor Dr. today left three policemen and a suspected bank robber wounded. Constable William Russell; 34; was shot through the liver while exchanging fire with two gunmen after ramming their fleeing car with his cruiser. Russell is in critical condition in Toronto East General Hospital. A police officer is shown checking the trunk of rammed car.
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120521F
Kenora Policemen-Sgt. Robert Letain (left) and Constable Donald Milliard-examine pants Milliard was wearing when a bank robber was blown up by sticks (...)
Kenora Policemen-Sgt. Robert Letain (left) and Constable Donald Milliard-examine pants Milliard was wearing when a bank robber was blown up by sticks (...)
6/7/1973
Detectives' chalk marks on the ground show where Dr. Jack Lindzon, 27, fell severely wounded after being shot by a gunman following a bank robbery tod(...)
Detectives' chalk marks on the ground show where Dr. Jack Lindzon, 27, fell severely wounded after being shot by a gunman following a bank robbery tod(...)
4/1/1969
A Bank Robber in stocking mask, holding a deadman's detonator in his teeth (arrow), walks from a Kenora bank behind a policeman stowing money in a tru(...)
A Bank Robber in stocking mask, holding a deadman's detonator in his teeth (arrow), walks from a Kenora bank behind a policeman stowing money in a tru(...)
5/10/1973
Bullet-ridden van: Policeman holds the jacket discarded by bank robber who got away in Yorkville after police chased him and two accomplices in the black van shown in background
Bullet-ridden van: Policeman holds the jacket discarded by bank robber who got away in Yorkville after police chased him and two accomplices in the black van shown in background
3/12/1981
Twice unlucky: An alert policeman no sooner nabbed a suspect and got back $1,300 stolen from this bank at Church and Wellesley, when it was hit by a second robber
Twice unlucky: An alert policeman no sooner nabbed a suspect and got back $1,300 stolen from this bank at Church and Wellesley, when it was hit by a second robber
1/24/1983
Shooting suspect is escorted to cells by police officer after a shoot-out in Scarborough following a bank robbery yesterday. Three police constables a(...)
Shooting suspect is escorted to cells by police officer after a shoot-out in Scarborough following a bank robbery yesterday. Three police constables a(...)
1/29/1971
Wearing leg chain, and with his hands handcuffed behind his back, bank robbery suspect is led away by policemen
Wearing leg chain, and with his hands handcuffed behind his back, bank robbery suspect is led away by policemen
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At scene of shooting yesterday where a man using a sawed-off shotgun traded shots with four policemen who had cornered him near Eglinton Ave. and Birc(...)
At scene of shooting yesterday where a man using a sawed-off shotgun traded shots with four policemen who had cornered him near Eglinton Ave. and Birc(...)
3/23/1972
Metro bomb squad members cautiously look over suspected bomb as police photographer takes photos
Metro bomb squad members cautiously look over suspected bomb as police photographer takes photos
3/5/1971
Hijacked van: This rental van, used by Cache Armored Express instead of an armored truck, was hijacked by armed robbers, who made off with $540,000 in Metro's largest cash robbery
Hijacked van: This rental van, used by Cache Armored Express instead of an armored truck, was hijacked by armed robbers, who made off with $540,000 in Metro's largest cash robbery
7/9/1985
Getaway car: Robbers abandoned this stolen car at nearby Bathurst Heights Collegiate
Getaway car: Robbers abandoned this stolen car at nearby Bathurst Heights Collegiate
11/19/1991
dynamite went off. Police Knew the danger.The robber had even let them smell the dynamite and shown them the detonator he had made of two sticks with (...)
dynamite went off. Police Knew the danger.The robber had even let them smell the dynamite and shown them the detonator he had made of two sticks with (...)
5/10/1973