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And now, Preston and Steve's news updates with Kathy Romano.

All right, it is indeed Monday, July 23rd.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning.

A man firing a handgun into restaurants and cafes as he

walked along a Toronto street shot 14 people killing one of them before dying after an exchange of gunfire

with police late Sunday. Police chief Mark Saunders said the shooting in the city's Greek town neighborhood

was not random and he did not rule out terrorism as a motive. Other than the shooter, we have a young

lady that

is deceased, the police chief said. Saunders also said a nine-year-old was in critical condition.

A video from one witness shows a man dressed in black clothes and a black hat walking quickly

and firing three shots from the sidewalk into at least one shop or restaurant.

Toronto's Greek town is a lively residential area with crowded Greek restaurants

and cafes. Witnesses heard many shots and described the suspect walking past restaurants and

cafes and patios on both sides of the street and firing into them. An army of police, paramedics

and other first responders soon descended on the scene while area residents. They said some in their

pajamas coming out from their homes to trying to see what was happening.

Mass shootings are rare in Canada's largest city.

This past weekend, Toronto Police deployed dozens of additional officers to deal with a recent spiking gun violence in the city.

And then the mass shooting comes a few months after a driver of a van plowed into pedestrians

on a Toronto sidewalk killing 10 of them and injuring 14.

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