Shooting at Nathan Phillips Square during Raptors celebrations

UPDATE: 2 people were shot during the Raptors’ celebration at Nathan Phillips Square

There has been a shooting in the midst of the Raptors NBA championship celebrations at Nathan Phillips Square in downtown Toronto.

Police report that a woman was shot, and people were running from the area.

SHOOTING:
Nathan Phillip’s Square
-Reports of woman shot
-People running from area
-Police/EMS are on scene
-Unknown what the injuries are#GO112676
^dh

— Toronto Police OPS (@TPSOperations) June 17, 2019

Raptors’ announcer Matt Devlin interrupted Larry Tanenbaum, chairman of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, during his speech to inform the crowd of an “emergency close to here.”

Speeches have since resumed.

A video of the crowd rushing from the scene of the shots was captured:

ppl have been running from the back of the stage for some reason. hope everyone’s safe. #RaptorsParade pic.twitter.com/HRoeTZ4val

— Gelek Besthairtsang (@GelekB) June 17, 2019

The story is developing. More to come…