Three people were killed and two others injured in a shootout late Friday evening in a rented apartment on the Airbnb platform in downtown Toronto. Three people were shot and a fourth injured, police said in a tweet. A fifth victim was stabbed. Her life is not in danger.
No indication was given this Saturday on the identity of the victims or the motivations for this violence. The victims are all young men, the CBC public broadcaster said. Toronto police chief Mark Saunders asked potential witnesses to the shooting to come forward and contact the police.
The Chief provided the following update:
- Social gathering at a rented Airbnb
- It is a single occurrence w / 4 shooting victims. 3 have succumbed to their injuries / are deceased. The 4th has non-life threatening injuries. 5th was cut / injured, but was not shot. 1/2 # GO219180 ^ ams
Gunfire, often attributed to gang violence, is not uncommon in Toronto. Canada's economic capital was the site of some 490 shootings last year, which left 44 dead, police statistics said.
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