The robbers stayed at his residence for several hours and tortured Tosh in an attempt to extort money from him. Over the hours as various associates of Tosh arrived to visit him they were also taken hostage by the gunmen. Tosh said he did not have any money in the house after which Dennis 'Leppo' Lobban and the fellow gunmen began opening fire in a reckless manner. Tosh was shot twice in the head and killed. HerbalistWilton 'Doc' Brown and disc jockey Jeff 'Free I' Dixon also died. Several others in the house were wounded, including Tosh's common law wife Andrea Marlene Brown, Free I's wife Yvonne, Tosh's drummer Carlton 'Santa' Davis and musician Michael Robinson. (11 September 1987)
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Tuesday 24th of August 1869 (-) — Victim of Jean-Baptiste Troppmann aka Le Massacreur de Pantin Jean Kinck is poisoned with prussic acid by Jean-Baptiste Troppmann aka Le Massacreur de Pantin. Troppmann had hoped to find 5.500 Francs that Kinck had promised to start up a company together. Kinck's body was found on 25 November.