Violence disrupted the Toronto Raptors NBA Championship celebration parade at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Canada on Monday. NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard is pictured hoisting his MVP trophy during the parade.
Shots rang out as thousands of fans gathered in Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square to celebrate the Raptors’ first NBA championship in franchise history.
Toronto police alerted the public of the shooting as police/EMS responded to reports of 1 woman shot. Panicked fans fled the area and multiple people were injured during the stampede.
Shooting at the Raptors Championship Parade Downtown… we can’t just have one nice day eh? pic.twitter.com/ndYVx3BKYy
— Brandon Newfield (@bnewfield) June 17, 2019
Police also report 1 person was stabbed at Eaton Centre Plaza after a fight broke out between a group of men at the entrance to a store. None of the injuries are life threatening.
The shooting incident was announced onstage during the celebration, as players gave their speeches. The celebration continued as police secured the area.
Yahoo News reports Toronto medics transported several patients to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Thousands of fans traveled to the area to celebrate the team’s NBA championship. The Raptors defeated defending champs Golden State Warriors in 6 games to win their 1st title.
From our position at Nathan Phillips – paramedics loading a woman in her 30s on to a stretcher. Cause or extent of her injury unknown. pic.twitter.com/fmMNfAinor
— Alan Carter (@ACarterglobal) June 17, 2019
Photos by Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
There is always ONE IDIOT in the crowd …. This is why I avoid things like this … stay home and if its important enough its televised …………..
Never go to an event filled with N words and you will come out alive, always.
SMH. Ever since Rolling Loud, I side eye the FUGG out of any event with large crowds. It only takes ONE person to ruin the event for everyone.
And I JUST said that I don’t do parades!
Black people aren’t the only people who act a fool in large crowds.
I mean what do you expect when you have a crowd this large. Something is bound to happen.
I love the accent on these Toronto dudes.
But they ARE the shooters in Toronto…
It’s a shame you can’t enjoy a victory parade without some psychopath ruining the day. I remember running from stuff like this as a little girl. I promised myself as an adult I’d be more careful, but these fools today will open fire anywhere. Just gotta stay prayed up!
We had no problems like this when the Cavs won. That was the one event these bastard thugs respected. They went right back to killing each other the next day.
Hmm..I think most of the audience (and shooter) at the Route 91 concert were white, no? But go on.
Really!? I beg to differ.
You sound ignant. This happens at events regardless of race.
The question would be, how are you using the N word, because I know quite alot of White N words also…
Most of the ppl weren’t black clown
1. The shooting didn’t stop the celebration and they didn’t announce the shooting on stage. They announced there was an emergency and that its being dealt with.
Two people already arrested.
2. The stabbing although nearby wasn’t at the parade… ??
That being said, there was no way I was gonna carry my ass down there. Watched from the safety of my living room.
Idiot hush
One of my forever young homegirl caught herself trynna invite me to go to the parade. Bish we’re 37 not 19 and i wish i would step a jimmy choo amongst them posers and wanna be ballers babymamas you got me effed up. She just texted like im okay im okay like girl who was wondering if you were lmao
Ugh..and at Drake cheesy arse! Like his thirsty self need to keep a bottle of FiJi on deck at all times!
I THOT citizens dont/cant carry firearms in Canada
MUS must be a cracka.
The same thing happened at the first warriors parade. Some dummy shot someone. It wasn’t near the venue and the crowd didn’t hear the shots. I just don’t understand why people just can’t have a good time?
They need to make men’s shorts longer…. So the players can have their knees and asses covered at the same time
I can’t believe this happened in Toronto!
Drake LOVE being in the spotlight.
Lol! I went too ? you ain’t never lied
I haven’t been to the taste of Chicago since 1994 when it was goodt. I ain’t never going where the crowd goes. Nerp!
And Canadians think they’re cities are so much safer and better.
Oh not we have so much gun control here ass Canada? The horror
There was a shooting there too. A Rose here reported it
Violence is everywhere. Maybe we should follow Chris Rock’s suggestion and tax bullets $5000.
Toronto and Canada is getting bad. Guns guns, gangs, gangs.
Well their country is better. Violence is very very low.
Yeah socialism and no right to self defense or guns, and still they have violent cities. And it’s way too cold.
That would be good at stopping law abiding citizens from having bullets, while all the criminals still have their illegally owned ammunition.
It’s hardly ever law abiding citizens shooting ppl.
I got caught in a stampede when I went to the taste of Chicago as a teen. Never again.
They can’t so the criminals do. The is just one of the many shootings by criminals and it is getting worse
I’m not going again. The food is too local and I’ve had all of it.
I guess.. what I meant is that they really dont have access to firearms over there maybe Im thinking London
Update: Police are now saying 4 people were shot. Seriously. Why? What did that accomplish except hurt innocent people and get the fools who did the shooting locked up? SMDH.
Drake is so wack and Kawhi’s woman looks like woof woof.
Sometimes it just best tew stay home…..heyyyy Kawhi!….. looking ? ? like my ex.??
Yes they do have access but the can not carry hand guns. You have to have special permission from the RCMP to carry on your body and it can only be given in special circumstances. The ammunition has to be separated from the gun when in transport .
A knife can only be as long as you middle finger and cannot be spring loaded.
???
Is Kawhi’s boo Mexican ?
Not tryna hear that “violence is everywhere” bull crap when Canadians act like NOTHING happens in their country. I don’t recall hearing about shootings at past NBA championship parades
Suky suky now, they done let us in hockey. We will take over, because us black folks we dominate after we integrate. Remember when a bunch of white boys used to run around the basketball courts in track shorts? Where they at?
An isolated event can be understood. Worry about the your next inevitable school shooting that will occurr in your country. Your do called installed leader reversed president Obama’s law and gave guns back to the mentally ill. Hint, hint they dont have school shootings in Canada, or the ‘shit*ole countries.”
Stop ruining people’s fun ???
First things first babe: Learn how to spell! Secondly, school shootings happen at WHITE schools and white schools ONLY. So therefore that sh*t has nothing to do with the Queen. Thirdly, Canada is still a lame country and that’s facts. Begging Kawhi to stay in the country by offering him free food. Lmao just lame. And What kind of loser shoots at a parade where there’s innocent children enjoying the scenery? Ain’t nobody worried about Canada. Go play in traffic
Canada is lame and trump is your president ?? Your country is the laughing stock of the world. African Americans are still treated like slaves so your point is mute
Still a hell of a lot of better than your shat country.
i thought the NBA was about offering perks to players to stay. The U.S does the same thing, don’t they? What did our country do to you???
No babe I’m the Queen. Ain’t no point in muting me. I said what I said. AA’s are not treated like slaves, and if you are black, you’re pathetic for even making a comment like that. I’ve heard plenty of stories about how blacks are treated in Canada. It wasn’t good! Lol Canada is lame. Eat my words and enjoy them like y’all enjoy BAGGED milk and eating moose p*ssy
Oh, shut up.
Light skin black woman.
Exciting series to watch.
I loved seeing Serge Ibaka, Fred VanVleet, Kyle Lowry showing off their children throughout the series finals and parade!
It warmed my heart.
who pissed in your coffee??? you miserable huh
you probably don’t even have a passport to travel… what you know about anywhere being lame. living up in your rural run down house, probably in michigan somewhere. go kick rocks bitter b
No there wasn’t. There was a shooting at the casino.
But you’re right a bastard thug did cause chaos on that day smh
Just thought I would come back – I told y’all the shooters and stabbers were black and y’all came for me! Since I promised y’all that came for me that you will be disappointed once arrests have been made, I’m here to fulfill that promise – 4 shot, 6 arrests made all suspects are black.
Kimberly, you’re not a Queen unless you’re a hood qween. Do you even have a passport? Blacks in the American schools frequently beat kids to death with their bare hands if they are not stabbing them to death over incredibly petty bullshit. You guys act like animals and the last few months in Toronto was probably the first time Kawhi witness what it likes to be an actual human being. Close to 2 million people shut the city down to celebrate a win and the night they won, was incident free I was surrounded by people of all races and we high 5 and embraced each other on winning. I’m sure in the zoo you live in, playing in traffic is most likely what you do as your hobby meanwhile we win and live in peace here
6 arrests have been made – all black. Whose the cracka now fool?
You’re right because 100% of the arrests made were black
Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders told reporters Tuesday that police are still searching for one more suspect. He’s described as white, between 5-foot-9 and 6 feet, with a large build. He has short, light-brown hair, and was last seen wearing a white button-down T-shirt, Saunders said.
I’m an engineer. I travel all over the world for work. Not reading the rest of this nonsense. You’re worthless
well damn….
I blame Drake.
I remember I had to hide Ju in 2016 at our one and only championship. Even at a once in a lifetime celebratory moment they did f ish….
Oh shush licedemon.