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Vigil planned tonight to mark first anniversary of Greektown shooting

Toronto’s Greektown community is expected to gather tonight to remember the victims of a mass shooting last summer.

The vigil — set to begin at sunset — marks the first anniversary of the tragedy, which left two people dead and 13 others injured.

It happened on a busy stretch of Danforth Avenue when a lone gunman went on a shooting rampage before killing himself.

Eighteen-year-old Reese Fallon and 10-year-old Julianna Kozis were killed in the shooting.

Their names will be read aloud at a parkette where Fallon was with a group of friends celebrating a birthday when the shots rang out.

Church bells will ring and the community will hold a moment of silence.

A commemorative ceremony was held Sunday at a nearby park where the community gathered for a moment of silence.

Police have said the motive for the attack is not known, but the gunman, Faisal Hussain, had a long history of mental health issues.

 

The Canadian Press