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Guest: Toronto Star reporter Abby O'Brien
On Friday, March 7 — opening night at the Piper Arms pub in the historic Old Scott House building in Scarborough — three assailants with guns opened fire on a crowd indiscriminately, shooting seven people and injuring 12. What's certain at this point, is that it was a horrifying scene and that, as a police investigator said, "it's simply incredible nobody was killed."
As the city reels and speculation about motives swirl, firm information beyond that is difficult to pin down. So far, no suspects have been identified, nor descriptions of suspects issued. Though police have yet to confirm any link, there is plenty of speculation about a possible connection to a recent wave of violence related to the tow truck industry — and on Thursday, the Star's Abby O'Brien reported on two arrests from Saturday that appear to have some connections to the pub and to the towing industry. She talks us through the week's events and what happens next.
PLUS: Just what the heck is happening with tow trucks and violence?
This episode was produced by Julia De Laurentiis Johnston, Ed Keenan and Paulo Marques.
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Guest: Toronto Star reporter Abby O'Brien
On Friday, March 7 — opening night at the Piper Arms pub in the historic Old Scott House building in Scarborough — three assailants with guns opened fire on a crowd indiscriminately, shooting seven people and injuring 12. What's certain at this point, is that it was a horrifying scene and that, as a police investigator said, "it's simply incredible nobody was killed."
As the city reels and speculation about motives swirl, firm information beyond that is difficult to pin down. So far, no suspects have been identified, nor descriptions of suspects issued. Though police have yet to confirm any link, there is plenty of speculation about a possible connection to a recent wave of violence related to the tow truck industry — and on Thursday, the Star's Abby O'Brien reported on two arrests from Saturday that appear to have some connections to the pub and to the towing industry. She talks us through the week's events and what happens next.
PLUS: Just what the heck is happening with tow trucks and violence?
This episode was produced by Julia De Laurentiis Johnston, Ed Keenan and Paulo Marques.

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