2 dead, 13 hurt as man fires into Toronto storefronts

TORONTO — A man whose family said he suffered from psychosis and depression fired a handgun into restaurants and cafes in a lively Toronto neighborhood Sunday night, killing a 10-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman and wounding 13 others in an attack that has shaken the confidence of many in the normally safe city.

Authorities on Monday evening identified the suspect as Faisal Hussain, 29, of Toronto, who died in an exchange of gunfire with police. It was not immediately clear whether he killed himself or was killed by police.

The mass shooting in Toronto’s Greektown district came just three months after a van struck and killed 10 people in Toronto in an apparent attack directed at women.

A statement from Hussain’s family said he had severe mental-health challenges. They said neither medications nor the interventions of professionals helped.

“While we did our best to seek help for him throughout his life of struggle and pain, we could never imagine that A police officer escorts a civilian away from the scene of the shootings Sunday night in Toronto.

this would be his devastating and destructive end,” the Hussain family said.

Police Chief Mark Saunders said he would not speculate on a motive but did not rule out terrorism.

“It’s almost inconceivable that these things can happen,” said Mayor John Tory. “We were so used to living in a city where these things didn’t happen, and as we saw them going on in the world around us (we) thought they couldn’t happen here.”

The slain 18-year-old was identified as Reese Fallon, a recent high school graduate who volunteered for Canada’s Liberal party and

was due to attend McMaster University in the fall. There was no information on the 10-year-old.

The 13 wounded ranged in age from 10 to 59, Saunders said. Dr. Najma Ahmed of St. Michael’s Hospital said three patients underwent lifesaving operations.

A video taken by a witness showed a man dressed all in black walking quickly down a sidewalk and firing three shots into at least one shop or restaurant in Toronto’s Greektown. Other witnesses heard many shots and described the suspect firing into restaurants, cafes and patios on both sides of the street.