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Man, woman killed in shooting outside Toronto hospital believed to be married: police

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The Canadian Press. (2026, September 21). Man, woman killed in shooting outside Toronto hospital believed to be married: police. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/two-dead-in-shooting-in-toronto-s-east-end-police-say/article_1bc65d17-2c8c-5094-8f7c-db237568d352.html

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Toronto police reported that a man and woman believed to be married died after being shot in a hospital parking lot on Monday afternoon. The incident occurred outside Providence Healthcare in Toronto's east end. Duty senior officer Scott Shutt provided this information, confirming that the woman was a patient at the hospital.
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On Monday afternoon in Toronto, police responded to a shooting incident outside Providence Healthcare, an east-end hospital. The shooting occurred in the parking lot, resulting in the deaths of one man and one woman believed by police to be a married couple. According to duty senior officer Scott Shutt, the female victim was identified as a patient at the hospital. Police later named the woman but did not provide the name of the male victim in a press release on Friday. Both victims were described as elderly individuals who died from gunshot wounds.

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Providence Healthcare TORONTO

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TORONTO GPE · 2× Providence Healthcare ORG · 1× Scott Shutt PERSON · 1×

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Duty senior officer Scott Shutt says the woman was a patient at the hospital, Providence Healthcare, and the shooting took place in the parking lot.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-22

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TORONTO - Toronto police say they believe a man and a woman killed in a shooting outside an east-end hospital Monday afternoon were married. asserted
man → say → hospital
Duty senior officer Scott Shutt says the woman was a patient at the hospital, Providence Healthcare, and the shooting took place in the parking lot. asserted
shooting → say → lot
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