An officer stands in a parking lot near Victoria Park Avenue and Meadowacres Drive that has been cordoned off with police tape and littered with evidence markers.
Man dead after Scarborough plaza shooting overnight
Police responded to the sound of gunshots at a plaza near Victoria Park Avenue and Meadowacres Drive, where they found a man who was later pronounced dead.
An officer stands in a parking lot near Victoria Park Avenue and Meadowacres Drive that has been cordoned off with police tape and littered with evidence markers.
A man was killed in a shooting in a plaza in É«É«À²’s east end overnight.
Police responded to the sound of gunshots at a plaza near shortly after 11:50 p.m. on Saturday.Â
Officers found a man in his 40s who had been shot. Emergency responders attempted life-saving measures but he was later pronounced dead at the scene.
Police are unsure how many suspects were involved, but said they fled the scene. Officers also have not found a weapon.
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É«É«À² police’s forensic unit searched the area for evidence after a late-night shooting left one dead.
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The Homicide and Missing Persons Unit has launched an investigation. Â
Police had shut down Victoria Park Avenue between Farmcrest Drive and Consumers Road, and Farmcrest Drive between Meadowacres Drive and Victoria Park Avenue for the investigation.Â
There was a large police presence in the plaza Sunday morning as officers canvassed the area for witnesses and video footage .
A large section of a parking lot in the area was cordoned off by yellow police tape with evidence markers scattered throughout . A black vehicle bumper lay in the middle of the lot until an officer carried it off.Â
Anastasia Blosser is a breaking news reporter, working out of
the Star’s radio room in É«É«À². Reach her via email: ablosser@thestar.ca
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