‘Disaster Is What Brings Us Together.’ Greektown Community United After Tragedy

‘Disaster Is What Brings Us Together.’ Greektown Community United After Tragedy
People place flowers and candles at a makeshift memorial remembering the victims of a shooting on Danforth, Ave. in Toronto on July 23, 2018. Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press
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TORONTO—The doors at St. Barnabas on the Danforth are always open, but the people seeking solace inside the Anglican church the day after a deadly shooting wanted to bolt them shut.

Less than 24 hours earlier, gunfire had shattered the cheer of Toronto’s Greektown where the church is located. In the melee, a troubled man had sprayed bullets indiscriminately through the bustling neighbourhood, killing two people, injuring 13 others, and leaving countless more questioning the safety of an area they'd long seen as an oasis.