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The Danzig Street shooting occurred on the evening of 16 July 2012 during a crowded block party at a social housing complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A series of threats and confrontations escalated into a gunfight between members of rival gangs, resulting in two deaths and the injury of twenty-four others, making it the city's worst mass shooting. Those convicted in relation to the shooting were teenagers at the time of the event. The provincial government enacted social programs aimed at curbing youth violence, while then Mayor Rob Ford called for the shooters to be expelled from the city and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney cited the shooting in debate of the Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act which came into effect the following year. The Toronto Police Service developed new crime-prevention strategies, producing intelligence about local crime which allowed a targeted crackdown on the Galloway Boys gang and other gang activity in the city, and a dramatic reduction in shootings and other crimes.