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TORONTO — The parents of the man who shot and killed two people and injured 13 others in a shocking spree along Toronto’s bustling Danforth Avenue Sunday night says their son had “severe mental health challenges” and had a “life of struggle and pain.”

Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit identified the shooter as Faisal Hussain, 29, of Toronto.

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“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,” Hussain’s parents said in a written statement. “We are utterly devastated by the incomprehensible news that our son was responsible for the senseless violence and loss of life that took place on the Danforth,” the statement says.

“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.”