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Police seek ‘friends’ in grow-op shooting
TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
February 09, 2010 5:43 a.m.
Homicide detectives are looking for “new friends” of a Toronto man found shot dead outside a Jane Street home used as a marijuana grow operation.
Police found Glenn Lowe, 30, outside a two-storey brick home a block north of Trethewey Drive after several residents called 911 when they heard two gunshots about 11:15 p.m. Sunday.
“I heard two pops and we thought it was a balloon,” said resident Sally Dsingh.
Her family and neighbours realized it was serious when police cordoned off the scene and part of Dsingh’s street off Jane Street, as they canvassed nearby homes in an area that has had more than its share of gun violence in the past.
“There’s so much trouble in the area that it’s not even funny,” said one of Dsingh’s daughters. “We’ve been here too long and we just want to sell the house and leave the area.”
Forensic officers removed an aluminum porch door from the home outside which Lowe was found.
Det. Sgt. Dan Sheppard of the homicide squad confirmed yesterday the home was used as a grow op, but it was yet to be determined how large it was.
Sheppard said Lowe had a connection to the house, but did not live there.
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Posted 10 February 2010 - 06:32 AM
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Murder house had 200 pot plants
By ROB LAMBERTI, Toronto Sun
Last Updated: 9th February 2010, 10:25pm
A moderately-sized marijuana growing operation was found in the home where Glenn Lowe was found shot dead.
Toronto homicide Det.-Sgt. Dan Sheppard said Tuesday that investigators seized about 200 pot plants from the two-storey brick house on Jane St., just north of Trethewey Dr. Lowe, 30, was found shot to death on the rear porch late Sunday.
The discovery confirmed earlier suspicions. Investigators had to obtain a warrant to enter the run-down house.
The body of the single man was found after area residents called in reporting sounds of gunfire. Neighbours said they heard two shots.
Sheppard said the motive for Toronto’s sixth murder of the year isn’t known yet, but is speculated it is tied to either the grow-op or something personal.
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Murder house had 200 pot plants
By ROB LAMBERTI, Toronto Sun
Last Updated: 9th February 2010, 10:25pm
A moderately-sized marijuana growing operation was found in the home where Glenn Lowe was found shot dead.
Toronto homicide Det.-Sgt. Dan Sheppard said Tuesday that investigators seized about 200 pot plants from the two-storey brick house on Jane St., just north of Trethewey Dr. Lowe, 30, was found shot to death on the rear porch late Sunday.
The discovery confirmed earlier suspicions. Investigators had to obtain a warrant to enter the run-down house.
The body of the single man was found after area residents called in reporting sounds of gunfire. Neighbours said they heard two shots.
Sheppard said the motive for Toronto’s sixth murder of the year isn’t known yet, but is speculated it is tied to either the grow-op or something personal.
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Veil of silence shrouds slaying of pot grower
By ROB LAMBERTI, Toronto Sun
Last Updated: 15th February 2010, 3:46pm
Some people know why a small-time pot grower is dead but they’re not talking.
Glenn Lowe, 30, was gunned down Feb. 7 on the rear porch of the Jane St. house near Trethewey Dr. that was being used to grow about 200 plants.
Those plants were nearing harvest, but Toronto homicide Det.-Sgt. Dan Sheppard doesn’t believe robbery was the motive for the single man’s slaying.
Indeed, he and partner Det. Andrew Ecklund believe there are people who know why Lowe was targeted for murder, but a shroud of silence has enveloped the case.
“There’s something in his background that everybody knows but they’re not telling us,” he said. “There’s got to be.
“In actuality, I think a lot of people did come forward” to police, but Sheppard said some of Lowe’s friends and business associates are holding back information, which could possibly reveal the motive and lead investigators to the killer.
Friends and acquaintances described Lowe as a low-level grower and dealer and not the type to rip off customers, he said.
“But he’s done wrong to somebody that they’ve come and shot him,” Sheppard said.
He said if Lowe had debts, the soon-to-be harvested crop would have covered them.
“I don’t know (if he had debts). I’d like to find out if he did,” Sheppard said.
He said he believes “whoever did this” knew about the grow operation.
It was city’s sixth murder of the year.
Lowe, a plumber by trade, was working only on the grow operation as far as police knew, Sheppard said.
Detectives found about 200 plants while investigating the two-story house where Lowe was slain.
Sheppard asks anyone with information about the murder to call him at 416-808-7814, Ecklund at 416-808-7388, or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477.
Veil of silence shrouds slaying of pot grower
By ROB LAMBERTI, Toronto Sun
Last Updated: 15th February 2010, 3:46pm
Some people know why a small-time pot grower is dead but they’re not talking.
Glenn Lowe, 30, was gunned down Feb. 7 on the rear porch of the Jane St. house near Trethewey Dr. that was being used to grow about 200 plants.
Those plants were nearing harvest, but Toronto homicide Det.-Sgt. Dan Sheppard doesn’t believe robbery was the motive for the single man’s slaying.
Indeed, he and partner Det. Andrew Ecklund believe there are people who know why Lowe was targeted for murder, but a shroud of silence has enveloped the case.
“There’s something in his background that everybody knows but they’re not telling us,” he said. “There’s got to be.
“In actuality, I think a lot of people did come forward” to police, but Sheppard said some of Lowe’s friends and business associates are holding back information, which could possibly reveal the motive and lead investigators to the killer.
Friends and acquaintances described Lowe as a low-level grower and dealer and not the type to rip off customers, he said.
“But he’s done wrong to somebody that they’ve come and shot him,” Sheppard said.
He said if Lowe had debts, the soon-to-be harvested crop would have covered them.
“I don’t know (if he had debts). I’d like to find out if he did,” Sheppard said.
He said he believes “whoever did this” knew about the grow operation.
It was city’s sixth murder of the year.
Lowe, a plumber by trade, was working only on the grow operation as far as police knew, Sheppard said.
Detectives found about 200 plants while investigating the two-story house where Lowe was slain.
Sheppard asks anyone with information about the murder to call him at 416-808-7814, Ecklund at 416-808-7388, or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477.
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