Male, female killed, 2 others injured in 'gun battle' outside Toronto plaza: police
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Two people are dead and two others suffered serious injuries following a shooting that police have described as a 'gun battle' outside a plaza in Scarborough, Ont. early Wednesday morning.
Two people are dead and two others suffered serious injuries following a shooting that police have described as a “gun battle” outside a plaza in Scarborough early Wednesday morning.
Shots rang out in the parking lot of a plaza in the area of Ellesmere Road and Oakley Boulevard, near Midland Avenue, shortly after 2:30 a.m.
Speaking to reporters at the scene on Wednesday, Det. Rod Benson said a “significant” number of shots were fired during what appears to be an exchange of gunfire.
One male was pronounced dead at the scene and a female later died in hospital. Two other males were transported to a trauma centre to be treated for serious injuries.
Police did not provide information on the ages of the victims.
Benson could not say exactly how many shots were fired, noting that as of 9:30 a.m., forensic officers were still finding new shell casings.
“Several hours after the fact, they are still in the process of finding them and marking them so that they can be photographed,” Benson said.
