4 years on, the trauma of the deadly Danforth shooting lives on
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Friday marks four years since a gunman opened fire on crowds gathered on Toronto's busy Danforth Avenue, killing two people and injuring 13 others before turning his weapon on himself.
The shooting on the balmy summer evening of July 22, 2018, stole the lives of 18-year-old Reese Fallon and 10-year-old Julianna Kozis, and left countless others either physically or mentally traumatized.
Among those injured was Samantha Price, who was out for ice cream with Fallon and other friends when one of the gunman's bullets struck her in the hip.
Samantha's father, Ken Price, spoke with CBC Radio's Metro Morning on Friday about how the experience affected his daughter, family and the wider community, and why it spurred him to advocate for gun law reform and better victims' services. You can listen to that interview in the player below:
"Samantha has moved ahead bravely. She's gone off to university. She's toward the end now of getting her degree. And she is functioning with friends," Price told host Ismaila Alfa.
She may have recovered from her physical wounds, Price said, but the shooting left her scarred in other ways.
"There is no question it has made a difference for her, in terms of her trust in things like being on the subway, which she doesn't do anymore. Or of being in certain parts of the city. And of being more suspicious in general, cautious is maybe a better word, in terms of her behaviour in public."
Price added that the fourth anniversary of the shooting will be a day of reflection for all those bound together by the events of that day.
"I think what we have learned from our experience and from talking with others is that it's something that never really goes away. It is something that you live with," he said.
"It is present in your life and you figure out a way to kind of move forward while this is part of who you are."
A memorial marking the anniversary will be held at 6 p.m. in the north end of Withrow Park.
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