Man shot and killed in Toronto's Greektown, hours after memorial for mass shooting
CBC
One person has died following a shooting in the Greektown area Sunday morning, Toronto police say.
Just after 3:30 a.m. officers responded to the sounds of gunshots in the area of Carlaw Avenue and Danforth Avenue.
Police say they found a male with gunshot wounds.
The victim was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries and was later pronounced dead.
No suspect information was released.
The shooting happened less than a block away from Withrow Park where a commemoration was held on Saturday for the fifth anniversary of a mass shooting in the same neighbourhood, which killed two people and injured 13 others.
Police haven't shared information to suggest the two events are connected.
Ken Price, whose daughter was shot and survived the 2018 attack, says he was shocked to learn of the shooting when he woke up this morning.
"It's jarring," he said.
At the memorial, Mayor Olivia Chow had talked about the need to acknowledge tragedy while also focusing on the positive things about Toronto, Price noted.
"And then you have that happen right in the face of that, it was really, really sad."
Roads in the area were closed after the shooting but have since reopened.
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