{"id":796199,"date":"2026-07-12T02:20:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T02:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/796199\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T02:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T02:20:19","slug":"manhunt-underway-after-2-killed-in-mass-shooting-at-canadas-largest-latin-street-festival-in-toronto-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/796199\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhunt underway after 2 killed in mass shooting at Canada\u2019s largest Latin street festival in Toronto, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrh2ayel001w28p71u2y6cxw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A manhunt is underway after two people were killed and several others were injured in a mass shooting at Canada\u2019s largest Latin street festival in Toronto on Saturday, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TPSOperations\/status\/2076113498392650093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">police said<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrh42c0l00093b6rqlg9khpz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Six victims were found with gunshot wounds and the scene became swarmed with a large law enforcement presence, the agency said. A suspect or suspects remain at large, police said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrh2tex6000d356rlh503uwr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Police said they secured the scene roughly an hour after the active shooting began but continued to urge people to stay away from the area in the city\u2019s midtown, where the Salsa on St. Clair festival celebrating Latin culture has been held annually for 22 years, according to organizers.\n    <\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/brokzsyu2faptnr4rx257w6pha.jpg\" alt=\"Police work to disperse the crowds at the Salsa on St. Clair festival in Toronto, Canada.\" class=\"image_expandable__dam-img image_expandable__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_expandable__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"810\" width=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7cedtjlky5av3ea33rbzcliyqy-1.jpg\" alt=\"A large police presence is at the scene at the Salsa on St. Clair festival in Toronto, Canada.\" class=\"image_expandable__dam-img image_expandable__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_expandable__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"810\" width=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrh3asb300043b6r1sak6b7l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            People gathered in crowds down the street just after sunset on a warm summer night to celebrate with music and dance when reports came in of an active shooter and multiple people injured.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrh39rg600023b6rzfy1k5gp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN has reached out to the festival organizers, police and city officials for comment.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrh2ayel001x28p7e5b91z6j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            This is a developing story and will be updated.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A manhunt is underway after two people were killed and several others were injured in a mass shooting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-796199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}