Altercation at bar led to fatal hit and run at Blue Jays Way & Wellington police say
See, you ban gun ownership and the few people who snap at the bar will still kill their intended victim, only they will improvise and use another means that IS available. Guns don't kill people, people kill people.
Tamara Baluja
Andrea Gordon
Staff Reporters
http://www.thestar.com/news/article...-bar-led-to-fatal-hit-and-run-police-say?bn=1
A man was struck and killed by a vehicle early Saturday following an altercation at a downtown night club, and police are hunting for the driver.
Vincent Dang, 20, of Concord, had been at the Rockwood Club in the city’s entertainment district and was walking with friends when he was hit, said a statement Saturday from the Toronto Police Services homicide squad.
Dang was hit at around 2:30 a.m. on Wellington St. east of Blue Jays Way, and taken to St. Michael’s Hospital, but later pronounced dead.
Police are searching for the driver of the SUV that fled the scene and looking for witnesses who may have information.
“The suspect left the club in a vehicle described as a dark-grey, full size SUV similar to a Suburban or Denali,” the statement said.
It said the vehicle, with three to five people inside at the time, drove eastbound on Wellington, before making a U-turn and driving directly at the victim, who was with friends on the north sidewalk.
After striking Dang, it continued southbound on Blue Jays Way.
The driver is described as brown, between the ages of 19 and 25, with a thin build, moustache and goatee. He was wearing a black jacket with stripes on the collar and sleeve.
Police say they SUV would have significant damage to its front end and right side.
Traffic Services reconstruction experts closed Wellington St. W. from Blue Jays Way to Simcoe St., for seven hours. They also examined video surveillance from businesses in the surrounding area.
Police are appealing to any witnesses and the driver to come forward.
See, you ban gun ownership and the few people who snap at the bar will still kill their intended victim, only they will improvise and use another means that IS available. Guns don't kill people, people kill people.
Tamara Baluja
Andrea Gordon
Staff Reporters
http://www.thestar.com/news/article...-bar-led-to-fatal-hit-and-run-police-say?bn=1
A man was struck and killed by a vehicle early Saturday following an altercation at a downtown night club, and police are hunting for the driver.
Vincent Dang, 20, of Concord, had been at the Rockwood Club in the city’s entertainment district and was walking with friends when he was hit, said a statement Saturday from the Toronto Police Services homicide squad.
Dang was hit at around 2:30 a.m. on Wellington St. east of Blue Jays Way, and taken to St. Michael’s Hospital, but later pronounced dead.
Police are searching for the driver of the SUV that fled the scene and looking for witnesses who may have information.
“The suspect left the club in a vehicle described as a dark-grey, full size SUV similar to a Suburban or Denali,” the statement said.
It said the vehicle, with three to five people inside at the time, drove eastbound on Wellington, before making a U-turn and driving directly at the victim, who was with friends on the north sidewalk.
After striking Dang, it continued southbound on Blue Jays Way.
The driver is described as brown, between the ages of 19 and 25, with a thin build, moustache and goatee. He was wearing a black jacket with stripes on the collar and sleeve.
Police say they SUV would have significant damage to its front end and right side.
Traffic Services reconstruction experts closed Wellington St. W. from Blue Jays Way to Simcoe St., for seven hours. They also examined video surveillance from businesses in the surrounding area.
Police are appealing to any witnesses and the driver to come forward.