East York brawl was gang-related

Sunday's violent brawl at a "busy East York intersection" was apparently gang-related. From the Toronto Sun (Shotgun blast tied to feud by Ian Robertson, May 30, 2006):

A loaded .22-calibre semi-automatic Beretta handgun dumped a short distance away was seized before officers arrested a teen after he allegedly tried to swallow a bag of cocaine.

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Crips members and a "loose" bunch whom Young called the Lumsden Lads faced off Sunday afternoon on the Duffy's Drive-In Restaurant patio at Dawes Rd. and Gower St.

Each gang had about five members facing off, swinging bats, he said.

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