WATCH: Owner of Michael's on Simcoe, Michae Dabic, says Saturday's shooting was captured on surveillance video. pic.twitter.com/Xk8ezerKLo
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A Toronto restaurant owner says a man who was fatally shot at his establishment over the weekend laughed at his attacker immediately before bullets were fired.
Michael Dabic says Simon Giannini, a 54-year-old real estate broker, appeared to think a joke was being played when he was approached by a man wearing a hoodie who opened fire inside the downtown Toronto restaurant around 9 p.m. on Saturday.
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Police have described the shooting at Michael's on Simcoe as targeted.
Dabic says the entire incident lasted only 20 seconds and his daughter was among the witnesses in the restaurant where 140 patrons were dining at the time.
He says the restaurant has clear surveillance video of the incident and a worker recorded the license plate of the vehicle the alleged shooter got into before fleeing.
Dabic says the restaurant will reopen sometime this week.
The restaurant was the same one where a man and woman were both shot, on September 20th in 2015. Both survived but Toronto Police never made an arrest in connection with that shooting. They would only say that it appeared to be connected to gang activity.