24-05-2025
Video captures moment man wielding two knives tasered downtown
Video footage circulating on social media shows the moment a man holding two knives was tasered by police, ultimately dropping to the ground with a thud.
The post, shared on X by user @l3v1at4an, shows a bearded man dressed in a blue tank top and black pants holding a knife in each hand as he is surrounded by two Toronto Police officers.
The man is seemingly unaware of the officer approaching him slowly from behind before zapping him with a conducted energy weapon, causing the man to drop the knives and fall to the ground.
A third officer appears and the man is subdued and placed in handcuffs.
Late Friday afternoon, police said that while they can't verify it, the video in question appears to be related to a call earlier in the day.
Police said officers responded to a call for a knife-wielding man near Bloor St. and Pauline Ave. – west of Dufferin St. – around 9:45 a.m. on Friday.
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Police received information that a man was standing in the area holding two large knives.
'Officers were on scene within minutes,' Const. Viktor Sarudi said. 'The man did not comply with officers' demands and by 9:54 a.m. they had one male in custody.'
Police said the man was taken to hospital.
The 31-year-old, whose name was not released, faces two weapons-related charges.
