Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
63/100
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Outlets on this story
22
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Toronto police have identified one of three suspects in a violent home invasion that took place Thursday in the city’s affluent Bridle Path neighbourhood.
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that → identify → neighbourhood
In an update Saturday morning, Insp. Kristy Smith said police have issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for 23-year-old Daijohn Richards.
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police → say → Richards
Police were first called to a home on Hyde Park Circle, near Bayview and Lawrence avenues, around 3:45 a.m. Oct. 29.
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Police → call → 3:45
Three masked men allegedly forced their way into the home and eventually confronted the family inside, police said.
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police → force → family
The men were armed with handguns and one had a hammer.
Four people were inside the home at the time: a man, his wife and their two adult children.
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people → have → time
All four people were taken to hospital.
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people → take → hospital
Three of the victims were shot and two were struck in the head with a hammer, police said.
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police → shoot → hammer
In an update Saturday, Smith said some have since been released from hospital.
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some → say → hospital
Smith confirmed Richards also took himself to the hospital later that same day with a gunshot wound in the right shoulder.
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Richards → confirm → shoulder
“We believe that he was accidentally shot by one of the other suspects involved in this home invasion,” she said.
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she → believe → invasion
Richards is wanted on four counts of discharge of a firearm with intent to wound, four counts of robbery with a firearm, three counts of aggravated assault, break and enter, possession of a prohibited device and disguise with intent.
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Richards → want → intent
- Violent Toronto home invasion was ‘terrifying,’ real estate CEO says as police seek suspects
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police → say → suspects
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contractor → charge → death
New trial ordered for man in deadly Vancouver crash that killed toddler
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that → order → toddler
Smith said police believe the other two suspects to be in their 20s.
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suspects → say → 20s
Police said they do not think the incident was targeted.
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incident → say → ?
“We talk about affluence and people wanting things and entering into an area of affluence where there are things that are sought after is what we believe the motive to be at this time,” Smith said.
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Smith → talk → time
In a statement released Friday afternoon, David Morton, CEO of Toronto-based real estate company MAC Group, said three of his family members were recovering in hospital following the attack.
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three → release → attack
“What should have been the safety and security of our own home became a terrifying and life-threatening experience,” Morton wrote.
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Morton → become → home
He said the family is focused on recovery but it becoming more and more concerned with increasing violence associated with home invasions in Toronto.
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it → say → Toronto
“No family should ever have to experience this.
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family → have → this
People should be able to sleep peacefully in their homes without fear of armed individuals breaking in and threatening their lives,” he wrote.
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he → sleep → lives
All four victims are expected to survive though police said two have life-altering injuries.
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two → expect → injuries
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