A man is dead and another is seriously injured after a shooting in East York on Saturday evening
Toronto police said they were called to an apartment building in the area of Victoria Park Avenue and Crescent Town Road at around 7:15 p.m. for a shooting
Officers arrived and located a male victim suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene
A second victim was later found “away from the scene,” police said. The victim has serious but non-life-threatening injuries
Meanwhile, police said a suspect fled the scene in a vehicle
No description of the suspect and the vehicle have been released. The homicide unit has taken over the investigation
The circumstances that led to the shooting are unknown. When asked whether the shooting was random or targeted, police said they did not yet have that information
Duty Insp. Ted Lioumanis said there is no threat to public safety
“There’s quite a bit of surveillance video to go through right now. And it’s still early on in the investigation,” said Lioumanis
Police are asking anyone with information to contact homicide investigators or Crime Stoppers anonymously
Bryann Aguilar, CP24 Web Content Writer
