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Toronto police identify woman killed in double shooting at Scarborough hospital

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Pagliaro, J. (2026, September 25). Toronto police identify woman killed in double shooting at Scarborough hospital. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/toronto-police-identify-woman-killed-in-double-shooting-at-scarborough-hospital/article_13e34866-8565-4c0f-8bd4-b1d62d951511.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-09-25 · by Jennifer Pagliaro

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Toronto police have identified the female victim in a double shooting that occurred at a Scarborough hospital earlier in the week. Both victims, described as an elderly couple by investigators, died from gunshot wounds outside the facility. The press release did not name the male victim, though it confirmed both individuals were married.
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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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Police have identified one half of the senior couple investigators say both died of gunshot wounds outside a Scarborough hospital earlier this week.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-25
2026-09-25 · Toronto Star
Toronto police identify woman killed in double shooting at Scarborough hospital · assertive framing

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Police have identified one half of the senior couple investigators say both died of gunshot wounds outside a Scarborough hospital earlier this week. asserted
both → identify → hospital
A press release Friday afternoon labelled both the man and woman as victims, who a duty officer earlier said were married, but named only the woman: asserted
officer → label → woman
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