CRIME SCENE: Man, 39, missing from Toronto psychiatric facility

Published Jun 01, 2024 • Last updated 17 minutes ago • 2 minute read

Missing psychiatric patient Martin Hall, 39, was last seen in the area of Queen St. and Ossington Ave. on Friday, May 31, 2024. Photo by Handout /Toronto Police

A 39-year-old man has gone missing from a downtown Toronto psychiatric facility.

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Toronto Police say Martin Hall was last seen in the area of Queen St. and Ossington Ave. – not far from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health – around 6 p.m. on Friday.

“He was found not criminally responsible for the index offences of assault and carrying concealed weapon, all contrary to the Criminal Code,” police said in a statement released Saturday.

Police did not reveal any details of those offences but said Hall is currently bound by an Ontario Review Board Forensic Detention Order

Hall is described as five-foot-ten, with a heavy build, black hair, and full beard and moustache. He was last seen wearing a flannel shirt, blue jeans, brown sandals and a brown vest.

Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is asked to call police at 416-808-1400 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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The Toronto man is charged with possessing of child pornography and accessing child pornography.

The investigation is ongoing, police said.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call police at 416-808-8500 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

SHOOTING:
DVP & Don Mills Rd
1:32 pm
– reports of shots fired from a vehicle
– vehicle fled the area
– police o/s
– no reported injuries
– expect delays in the area for road closures
– any info call 416-808-2222#GO1178989
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— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) May 31, 2024

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GUNSHOTS RING OUT IN SEVERAL TORONTO NEIGHBOURHOODS

Bullets flew in several areas of the city’s east end on Friday.

Toronto Police say officers first responded to a shooting in East York – near the Don Valley Parkway and Don Mills Rd. – around 1:30 p.m.

Investigators believe shots were fired from a vehicle that fled the scene.

There were no reported injuries.

SHOOTING:
Bertrand Ave & Crockford Blvd area
-reports of shots fired from a vehicle
-vehicle fled the area
-police o/s
-confirmed firearm discharge
-no reported injuries
ROAD CLOSURE
-Bertrand Ave between Warden Ave & Crockford Blvd
-any info call 416-808-4100#GO118277
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— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) June 1, 2024

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Eight hours later, just after 9:30 p.m., gunfire erupted again in the area of Bertrand Ave. and Crockford Blvd. – northeast of Warden and Eglinton Aves. – in Scarborough.

Once again, police believe the shots fired from a vehicle, which then fled the scene.

There were no reported injuries.

Firearm Discharge
Howden Rd & Laura Secord Walk area
10:29 pm
-reports of a shooting
-no reported injuries
-police o/s
-confirmed firearm discharge
-no suspect info
-ongoing investigation
-anyone w/info call 416-808-4100#GO1183117
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— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) June 1, 2024

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About an hour later, around 10:30 p.m., gunshots rang out in Scarborough again – this time in the area of Howden Rd. and Laura Secord Walk., which is southwest of Ellesmere and Birchmount Rds.

There were no reported injuries.

No descriptions of suspect or suspect vehicles have been released.

The investigations are all ongoing.

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