Family of Toronto gunman says he had history of psychosis

Police in Toronto.
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Police have identified the suspect in Sunday night's shooting on a busy Toronto street as Faisal Hussain, 29.

The attack left two people dead — an unidentified 10-year-old girl and Reese Fallon, 18, a recent high school graduate who was going to start classes at McMaster University in Toronto this fall. More than a dozen people were injured and remain hospitalized. Police said two officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect on a side street near where the attack took place. He was found dead there, and it's not clear yet if he shot himself or he was killed during the shootout.

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.