Toronto shooting leaves one dead, five hurt

One person was killed while five others were injured during a shooting in Toronto's Lawrence Heights on Tuesday (local time), CBC news reported citing the police.

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Duty Senior Officer Baheer Sarvanandan, spokesperson for the Toronto Police Service, said that one and five injured included a woman and four men, who were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds The main shooting scene was in a laneway near Flemington Road and Zachary Court, he said. Police received several calls from witnesses and victims at 8:37 PM (local time).

CBC reported citing paramedics who noted that the victims range in age from 18 to 40. Five of the victims are male, while one is female, they added.

The police said that there are multiple suspects, but could not provide any descriptions or say whether they fled on foot or in vehicles. They also could not say what led to the shooting. No firearms have been recovered.