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

The scene outside of the festival following the fight. Global News

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.

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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.

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

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