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Shootout at the Duke

1/13/202648 min

When a dispute outside a Toronto tavern between a jealous boyfriend and several gang members ends in a hail of gunfire, a young woman new to the city is killed. Four others are wounded, including a woman who discovers she’s pregnant when doctors try to remove the bullet. Another wounded man nearly dies trying to protect the killer. And the missing gun turns up in an unrelated crime.

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Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Nancy Hixt· Host0:00

    Hey, it's Nancy. Before we begin today, I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Crime Beat early and ad free on Amazon Music included with Prime.

  2. Speaker 20:11

    [instrumental music] A listener's note: The following episode contains coarse language, adult themes, and content of a violent and disturbing nature, and may not be suitable for everyone. Listener discretion is advised.

  3. Nancy Hixt· Host0:23

    On a chilly rain-soaked Saturday morning in Toronto's Leslieville neighborhood, patrons were having beverages in the early morning hours inside a Queen Street East pub. There were about a dozen people just outside the tavern when a man walked out of the bar in a fit of rage.

  4. Catherine McDonald0:46

    People were shot in a place where they expected to be safe.

  5. Jessica Ferella· Guest0:51

    You see it on the news, but it's very, very difficult to think that it's ever going to happen to you.

  6. Mary Varouna· Guest0:57

    There's broken glass, there's ricocheted bullets, and there were shell casings on the road.

  7. Nancy Hixt· Host1:02

    I'm Nancy Hixt, a senior crime reporter for Global News. Today, we continue our special series of Crime Beat, where in each episode I'm joined by one of my colleagues from the TV documentary series. Here's Catherine McDonald with details of what happened on that tragic night in October of 2008 in Shootout at the Duke.

  8. Catherine McDonald1:25

    [instrumental music] As a historical

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