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But nobody controls the gangs. Police don’t control the influx of illegal guns being smuggled in, and they don’t have the same powers on the street they once did.

In many areas, the street is a timebomb just waiting to go off.

This record-tying homicide is an example.

It all went down in a very nice street called Ann Arbour Rd. in the heart of 31 Division near Weston Rd. and Hwy. 401 — an area not known for violence.

“We have never had anything happen like this before. We once had a break and enter,“ said resident Silvana Di Girolimetto.

And she would remember, since she and her husband Mario have lived on the quiet street for 47 years.

“I heard pop, pop, pop,” said Mario. “You could hear the gunfire.”

Lots and lots of gunfire. Like you would see in Pulp Fiction.

“Between 10 and 20 rounds,” said Homicide Det. Mike Carbone.

It’s insanity.

All from four handguns held by shooters firing at each other — bullets flying around in so many directions it’s amazing one did not go into a house and kill somebody sleeping.

“It’s very alarming,” added Homicide commanding officer Acting Insp. Hank Idsinga.

“It’s not acceptable.”

A fifth gun was found beside slain Brhanu, found in the driver’s seat of a car.

That’s a lot of firepower for a suburban street. There were so many spent shell casings littering the street that Toronto Sun photographer Dave Abel found one himself.

Carbone is appealing to the public for help on Brhanu’s background so he can put together what was behind this ugly incident and lock up these murderous killers who don’t care where they shoot or how often.

If any year is an example of how true that is, it’s 2018 where half of the homicides have been by gun and many innocents were struck and killed just for being in the vicinity of the evil madness.

Toronto has become accustomed to shootings, but the next killing will take the city into an area it has never been to before.

And that will be a story nobody will be able to ignore.

jwarmington@postmedia.com