DAY OF DEVASTATION

1:27 p.m.

Police report multiple pedestrians struck by a van in north Toronto. They said the extent of their injuries isn’t known.

2:15 p.m.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed his sympathies for those involved.

2:24 p.m.

“Toronto subway service shut down after report that a van struck a number of people at Yonge Street and Finch Avenue East. No service on Line 1, between Sheppard and Finch Stations, and no shuttle buses at the moment.”

2:45 p.m.

Toronto Mayor John Tory says he is on his way to the scene of an incident in which several pedestrians were struck by a van.

3 p.m.

An eye witness says he was driving northbound on Yonge Street when he saw several people being treated by bystanders and paramedics. “I saw what seemed to be a police takedown on a Ryder truck and I saw more and more sirens, more and more police cars coming in,” Phil Zullo said. “As I kept along Yonge Street and saw ….people strewn all over the road,” he says. “I must have seen about five, six people being resuscitated by bystanders and by ambulance drivers. It was awful. Brutal.”

3:23 p.m.

“I’ve now walked up Yonge Street from north of Sheppard to Finch. I have passed multiple dead bodies covered up, shoes and debris in the road. Witnesses tell me the white van appeared completely out of control.” — Global TV reporter Jeremy Cohn

3:32 p.m.

Toronto police tweet: “The van involved in multiple pedestrians struck in the Yonge and Finch area of Toronto has been located and the driver arrested.”

3:40 p.m.

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto says it has received seven patients from the scene of the incident involving a van striking a number of pedestrians in the Yonge Street and Finch Avenue area. Sunnybrook says its emergency department has been locked down as an added precaution, and the centre has activated its Hospital Emergency Operations Centre and is meeting currently to ensure beds are available for the injured.

4:50 p.m.

Toronto police say nine people have been killed and 16 other injured when a van struck pedestrians near a major intersection north of the city. Deputy police chief Peter Yuen urged the public to help authorities with what he said would be a long and complex investigation.

4:10 p.m.

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says he has no information at this time to lead him to believe that the national terrorism threat level should be raised. The threat level in Canada is medium, which means that a violent act of terrorism could occur.

7:45 p.m.

At a press conference Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders said the death toll has risen to 10. He also identifies the suspect as Alek Minassian, 25, who he said was not known to authorities. Ralph Goodale, standing next to Saunders, said: “There would appear to be no national security connections.”

9:48 p.m.

Trudeau tweets: “The hearts & thoughts of an entire country are with the families and friends of those killed in Toronto today. We also wish all those injured a fast and full recovery.”