Minor injuries after fight erupts, shots ring out at Toronto music festival: police

TORONTO – Police say there were only minor injuries after a brawl broke out and shots were fired at a music festival outside a Toronto shopping centre on Sunday evening.

Const. David Hopkinson says the incident happened at the Sandz Toronto Caribbean Music Festival in the city’s west end.

He says officers were already on the scene to provide security for the outdoor festival, and they heard shots ring out after a fight erupted.

Hopkinson says they found evidence a gun had been fired, but nobody was shot.

He says somebody was hit by an object in the brawl.

Hopkinson says several people were assessed for minor injuries at the scene, and at least one was taken to hospital as a precaution.