Authorities in Canada have identified the gunman suspected in the shooting rampage in Toronto that killed two people and wounded 13 others.

“Ontario’s police watchdog identifies man responsible for Toronto’s Danforth shooting as Faisal Hussain,” the Canadian Press reported Monday afternoon.

BREAKING: Ontario’s police watchdog identifies man responsible for Toronto’s Danforth shooting as Faisal

Hussain.



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The Special Investigations Unit identified Hussain as a 29-year-old from Toronto.

In a statement later Monday afternoon, his family said Hussain suffered from psychosis and depression but that they “could never imagine that this would be his devastating and destructive end.”

The Hussains’ statement said medications and therapy weren’t improving matters for him.

The family expressed also expressed condolences, saying their “hearts are in pieces for the victims.”

Hussain was killed in a gunfight with police after his rampage through restaurants and cafes in the fashionable neighborhood, though it wasn’t immediately clear whether he was killed by police bullets or committed suicide. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday.

Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders refused to speculate on a motive but told reporters he could not rule out terrorism.

According to witness accounts, the gunman was clad in black and fired his weapon randomly into a series of eateries, killing a 10-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman.

Ontario’s police watchdog the gunman was found dead near Danforth Avenue after he had exchanged gunfire with two officers on a side street.

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