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Gunshot scatters marijuana protesters
By JENNY YUEN, Toronto Sun
Last Updated: April 20, 2010 7:21pm
Click here to watch the video A peaceful protest at Dundas Square to legalize marijuana turned into a free-for-all with hundreds of scrambling people after a man fired a gun into the air.
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A peaceful protest at Dundas Square to legalize marijuana turned into a free-for-all with hundreds of scrambling people after a man fired a gun into the air.
At about 4:12 p.m. — eight minutes before the protest was scheduled to start — witnesses said they heard what sounded like a balloon popping. Some people said they saw a fight between two men and one of them waved a gun in the air.
"Everyone started to scramble," said Shane Mulligan, who was at the square.
"The guy had a gun up in the air. When I saw that I thought someone was going to get shot for sure. It's scary."
Police seized a gun at the scene and arrested a 33-year-old man. Another man was taken to hospital by ambulance for head wounds after allegedly being pistolwhipped.
Sun columnist Joe Warmington, who was covering the event, said there was "a lot of blood" left at the corner of Victoria and Dundas Sts.
"People started scrambling in a frenzy, like a stampede," Warmington said.
"Police got there a minute later."
jenny.yuen@sunmedia.ca
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