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Pregnant woman shot and killed in Etobicoke, baby in serious condition
Posted On May 17 2016
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Police did not release any information about Bobb’s baby, but data suggests the infant faces a hard struggle for survival.
Police have not yet revealed a motive for the shooting, but Carbon said that the vehicle was the intended target.
Saunders also recognized that “we have seen this year in Toronto very significant increases in homicide and other gun related crimes”.
Police declined to speculate on the number of shooting suspects they’re seeking in Bobb’s death.
“The vehicle returned to the Jamestown Cresc. and John Garland Blvd. area where they were attempting to drop off one of the occupants of the vehicle”, said Det.
“There’s no doubt that there’s obviously more guns on the street”.
“We are putting the resources in the right place, we are making those positive differences, but still we’re a city of 2.8 million people and people are producing handguns”, he said. Police have not released any information about the child other than that the infant is in stable condition.
The WHO said about 15 million children around the world are born before 37 weeks gestation.
That’s why he says he is calling for immediate action to deal with violence in the community.
“I wanted to come down to first of all learn and listen, as to how we can make sure this kind of unspeakable violence doesn’t happen anymore, but also to provide some degree of comfort to these people”, Tory said. Chief among them: who killed Bobb, and why.
Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders spoke to the media today for the first time since the shooting death of a pregnant 35-year-old woman in Rexdale.
Candice Rochelle Bobb was fatally shot in Jamestown on Sunday night while inside a vehicle near John Garland Boulevard and Jamestown Crescent.
The victim was with three other people but they don’t yet whether the she was the intended target.
Carbon is asking the public for any information on the incident and told reporters the police will be looking into cameras in the area for more information.
