Toronto police chief pleads with public for help on Muzik shootings

Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders pleaded with "the thousands" who were at Muzik nightclub last Tuesday when two people were killed in two shootings to help them find the suspects.

• Toronto police seek 2 after deadly Muzik nightclub shootings

Gunshots were fired inside the clublocated at Exhibition Placejust before 3 a.m. lastTuesday. DuvelHibbert, 23, fromBrampton,was fatally shot inside Muzik and ArielaNavarro-Fenoy, 26, of Toronto,died after being shot near Dufferin Gates. Three other people were sent to hospital with gunshot wounds.

"Thousands were there but we don't have their cooperation," Saunders said. "We're asking anyone with any knowledge (about the incident) to come forward.This was done in a public place and it's hard to keep thousands of people silent. I need them to talk."

Saunders said the silence "encourages those people who bring firearms to clubs. Their biggest fear is when people talk, and when they don't talk, they're encouraged to pull out guns."

Saunders says Muzik"is taking overt steps" to improve security at the venue.Ashooting at the same eventlast year sent a man to hospital.

Police released a vague description of two suspect they want to speak withabout the shootings:

• A black man, six feetto six feet one inch tall, about 25 or 26 years old with a freshbuzzcut. He was wearing a purple,crewnecksweater and dark blue jeans.
• Asecond man, who was lastseen near theDufferinGates, is described as a brown-skinned male, five feet, 10 inchesor five feet, 11 inches tallwith a skinny build, between 24 and 28 years of age. He was wearing a yellow and burgundy plaid button-up shirt.