Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) chair Adam Giambrone said Friday that the recent mid-morning shooting at Osgoode station may have left subway riders shaken, but they have little reason to be concerned about their general safety while riding public transit.
"Obviously when something like this happens, it's very disconcerting and it causes us to reflect on security,"
"Over the last couple years, the Toronto Transit Commission has put in over 10,000 cameras across the system, we've hired more special constables and we've worked, most importantly, with Toronto police to beef up the amount of security on the system."
"These incidents are incredibly rare and of course we know crime in Toronto, as it is across the country, continues to decline and that's true of incidents on the TTC," Giambrone added.
The TTC chair's comments come as Toronto police continue their search for a single male suspect in the shooting incident that sent a male teenager to hospital with gunshot wounds.
Police say a 19-year-old male suffered serious injuries after he was shot twice -- once in the stomach and once in the thigh -- at around 10:45 a.m. Thursday on the Osgoode subway station platform.
The suspected shooter was captured on security cameras and police were able to release his image to the public.
He is described as a black male, between 20 and 27 years of age. Between 6' and 6'2" in height with a medium build, the suspected subway shooter was wearing a Toronto Blue Jays cap along with black, fur-lined parka, black pants and black Nike Air Jordan running shoes.
UPDATE: New Surveillance video of the suspect has just been released
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