Innocent Bystander Killed by Stray Bullet Identified as Toronto Mother of Two Young Girls

Passersby stop at a makeshift memorial at the place where a mother of two, Karolina Huebner-Makurat, was killed by a stray bullet, in Toronto on July 10, 2023. The Canadian Press/Chris Young

The woman killed by a stray bullet while walking to pick up lunch in Toronto’s east end has been identified as Karolina Huebner-Makurat, also known as Caroline, a mother of two young girls aged 7 and 4.

“Caroline was an innocent bystander who succumbed to her gunshot injuries as a result of a stray bullet at the corner of Queen St. East and Carlaw Ave. on Friday afternoon, July 7, 2023,” said a GoFundMe set up on July 8 by friends of the family to support the woman’s grieving husband Adrian Makurat and her children.