TORONTO, CAN. (THECOUNT) — The Toronto Raptors championship parade in Canada was marred after someone reportedly opened fired on the crowd.
The party came to a screeching halt just before 1 PM PT — when people in the crowd heard what sounded like 4 gunshots.
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A woman was reportedly hurt and paramedics raced to the scene.
The Toronto Police Operations Center put out a statement saying, “SHOOTING: Nathan Phillip’s Square -Reports of woman shot -People running from area,” reports TMZ.
At one point in the video, Raptors play-by-play announcer Matt Devlin grabbed the mic and told the crowd to stay strong and stay calm while officials respond to the “emergency.”
DEVELOPING::
ppl have been running from the back of the stage for some reason. hope everyone’s safe. #RaptorsParade pic.twitter.com/HRoeTZ4val
— gelek.bsky.social (@GelekB) June 17, 2019