Toronto Tourist dies after being attacked by Panhandlers


	Toronto Tourist dies after being attacked by Panhandlers
elocin
8-13-2007 9:54 AM
322 views
tags:
panhandle, toronto, canada, murder
elocin says:
I guess shaking the cup got old.
Add a Comment
Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up
Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from August 13, 2007
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/588fbbdd-266a-4cf4-bc47-62b7f6639f59/B29C4297-5868-4E93-B3F1-2D83F97A542E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070813.wdead13/BNStory/National/?cid=al_gam_nletter_newsUp" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070813.wdead13/BNStory/National/?cid=al_gam_nletter_newsUp" style="font-size: 11px;">www.theglobeandmail.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070813.wdead13/BNStory/National/?cid=al_gam_nletter_newsUp"><P getElementsByClassName="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" _extended="true" visible="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" toggle="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" hide="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" show="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" remove="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" update="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" replace="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" inspect="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" recursivelyCollect="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" ancestors="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" descendants="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" immediateDescendants="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" previousSiblings="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" nextSiblings="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" siblings="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" match="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" up="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" down="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" previous="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" next="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" getElementsBySelector="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" readAttribute="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" getHeight="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" getWidth="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" classNames="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" hasClassName="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" addClassName="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" removeClassName="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" toggleClassName="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" observe="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" stopObserving="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" cleanWhitespace="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" empty="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" descendantOf="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" scrollTo="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" getStyle="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" setStyle="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" getDimensions="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" makePositioned="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" undoPositioned="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" makeClipping="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" undoClipping="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" childOf="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" setOpacity="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" getOpacity="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" getInlineOpacity="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" forceRerendering="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" setContentZoom="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" collectTextNodes="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" collectTextNodesIgnoreClass="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" morph="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" visualEffect="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}" hasAttribute="function(){
return _10a.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));
}">A tourist to Toronto succumbed to his injuries on the weekend after being attacked by an enraged gang of panhandlers in a downtown neighbourhood.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070813.wdead13/BNStory/National/?cid=al_gam_nletter_newsUp"><P>Four panhandlers already facing several assault charges will likely see those charges upgraded after Ross Hammond, of St. Catharines, died of his injuries Saturday, police say.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070813.wdead13/BNStory/National/?cid=al_gam_nletter_newsUp"><P>Councillor Michael Thompson said yesterday that panhandling in Toronto is "essentially out of control."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070813.wdead13/BNStory/National/?cid=al_gam_nletter_newsUp"><P>Mr. Hammond reportedly underwent several operations before dying early Saturday morning after receiving multiple stab wounds during an altercation at about 12:30 a.m. Thursday.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070813.wdead13/BNStory/National/?cid=al_gam_nletter_newsUp"><P>Toronto police said Mr. Hammond and a friend were walking west on Queen Street West toward Niagara Street when two men and two women in their early 20s approached them and asked for money.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070813.wdead13/BNStory/National/?cid=al_gam_nletter_newsUp"><P>They refused, and a verbal confrontation quickly turned into a physical melee. Mr. Hammond, 32, was stabbed in the chest and back, and some of the accused also received minor stab wounds.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070813.wdead13/BNStory/National/?cid=al_gam_nletter_newsUp"></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B29C4297-5868-4E93-B3F1-2D83F97A542E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!
Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard
Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment
Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch
Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map
About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA
Search Options

Today's Top Clips
