{"id":799154,"date":"2026-07-13T13:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/799154\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:36:11","slug":"salsa-on-st-clair-shooting-cn-tower-dims-lights-in-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/799154\/","title":{"rendered":"Salsa on St. Clair shooting: CN Tower dims lights in tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">TORONTO \u2014 Toronto\u2019s iconic CN Tower paid tribute late Sunday to the victims of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/article\/fear-grief-and-calls-for-security-after-deadly-shooting-at-toronto-street-festival\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/article\/fear-grief-and-calls-for-security-after-deadly-shooting-at-toronto-street-festival\/\">shooting at the Salsa on St. Clair festival<\/a> that left two people dead and sent thousands running for cover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officials on social media said the tower\u2019s bright lights would dim at the top of every hour following Saturday\u2019s shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The street festival celebrating Latin culture was cut short as Toronto police continued to investigate the sudden gunfire that sent four people to hospital with serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As of early Monday, no suspects have been identified or arrested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police estimate roughly 13,000 people were in attendance, with photos and videos on social media showing festivalgoers dancing in crowded streets before violence erupted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Tributes have poured from people and organizations across Canada, including the non-profit behind Filipino Lapu Lapu Day celebrations in Vancouver, where 11 were killed last year in a car-ramming attack.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AULYOJLA7FAR23CFB75RWP2JWE.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Police respond to a shooting at the Salsa on St. Clair event in Toronto, on Saturday, July 11, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Keito Newman Police respond to a shooting at the Salsa on St. Clair event in Toronto, on Saturday, July 11, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Keito Newman <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 13, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Related Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Toronto\u2019s iconic CN Tower paid tribute late Sunday to the victims of the shooting at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,47,44,11867],"class_list":["post-799154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-national","tag-news","tag-ontario-quebec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799154","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=799154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}