Faisal Hussain
Faisal Hussain
Faisal Hussain is a 29-year-old resident of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
On July 23, 2018 the Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit identified him as a suspect in a deadly mass shooting which killed a university student, Reese Fallon, and a 10-year-old girl in Toronto.
Personal Life
Statement by his family
The parents of Faisal Hussain, said that their son suffered from “severe mental health challenges.”
“We are at a terrible loss for words but we must speak out to express our deepest condolences to the families who are now suffering on account of our son’s horrific actions,” his family said in a statement.
“Our son had severe mental health challenges, struggling with psychosis and depression his entire life.
The interventions of professionals were unsuccessful.
Medications and therapy were unable to treat him.
While we did our best to seek help for him throughout his life of struggle and pain, we could never imagine that this would be his devastating and destructive end.
“Our hearts are in pieces for the victims and for our city as we all come to grips with this terrible tragedy.
We will mourn those who were lost for the rest of our lives,” said the statement.
Mass Shooting
Video of Faisal Hussain during the shooting
On Monday July 23, 2018, Faisal Hussain was identified by Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit as the mass shooter who killed two people, Reese Fallon and a 10-year-old girl in Greektown, Toronto.
“Due to the exceptional circumstances of this tragic incident and the public interest in knowing the man’s identity, the SIU is identifying the man as Faisal Hussain of Toronto,” reads a statement from the SIU.
“The SIU continues to investigate this incident,” the statement goes on.
“The post-mortem is scheduled for tomorrow in Toronto.”
A university student and a 10-year-old girl were killed when a gunman opened fire around 10 p.m. on Sunday.
Toronto Police say the suspect, shot 16 people and exchanged gunfire with police before dying of a gunshot wound.
Reese Fallon was identified on Monday as the 18-year-old victim.
MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith-Smith told local news station CP24 that the “devastated family” is asking for privacy.
“This is a loss for all of us,” Erskine-Smith said.
The exact circumstances of the man’s death are now being looked into by Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit.
Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders told reporters that police received a call shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday about a shooting near Danforth and Logan Avenues in Toronto’s east-end Greektown neighbourhood.
Police caught up with the man on nearby Bowden Street.
The SIU says shots were exchanged between him and two officers and the man ran back to Danforth, where he was found dead on a sidewalk.
“It was a very rapid and fluid event that unfolded very quickly,” Det.
Sgt. Terry Browne, the lead investigator on the case, said Monday afternoon.
Five injured victims were transported to St.
Michael's Hospital, acting medical director of trauma Dr. Najma Ahmed said.
Three of them immediately received “life-saving” surgery, and all five were listed in serious or critical condition as of Monday.
Officials at Michael Garron Hospital said two gunshot victims were treated at their facility and were stable.
Five other patients, who were not shot, were treated for issues “in relation to the shooting.”
Witness described dozens of gunshots.Multiple
witnesses told Toronto’s breaking news station CP24 that they heard anywhere between a dozen and 20 shots. CP24’s
Cam Woolley, a former police officer, said he saw “about a dozen” shell casings in one location and noticed bullet holes in a nearby coffee shop. [1]
“I think he fired at least 30 rounds before he was intercepted by police,” Woolley told CTV’s Your Morning.