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Two police officers examine shotguns after a holdup attempt
Two police officers examine shotguns after a holdup attempt

Two police officers examine shotguns after a holdup attempt

Date3/12/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Two police officers examine shotguns after a holdup attempt.
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_0120537F
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Windows shattered: A police officer looks through windows on the driver and passenger side of a van shot out by a shotgun blast yesterday, after a gun was pointed at a policeman
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Holdup Aftermath: Peel police take fingerprints from the scene of last November Hongkong Bank of Canada robbery, in which a bank customer was shot
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Daylight robbery: A youth escaped with $32,000 in a daring holdup at a Scarborough liquor store yesterday after slugging a Brink's armored car guard and making-off with his satchel
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Supermarket holdup
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Hold-up scene: A policeman removes broken glass from a door police smashed to get into a bank during a robbery attempt in North York yesterday
Hold-up scene: A policeman removes broken glass from a door police smashed to get into a bank during a robbery attempt in North York yesterday
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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(...)
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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