One of the five people shot in a brazen drive-by shooting Friday night in the city’s west end has died in hospital on Saturday.
This is the city’s 36 homicide of the year.
Police say the gunfire erupted near Jane St. and Woolner Ave., north of St. Clair Ave., around 10:20 p.m.
It’s believed two people opened fire from a grey sedan.
“They were just indiscriminately shooting at individuals in this area,” Insp. Norm Proctor told reporters at the scene. “It’s completely reckless.”
The dead man has been identified as Mohamed Sow, 20, of Toronto.
Police say Sow was in the rear of 251 Woolner Ave., in the plaza parking lot amongst different social groups when a suspect vehicle entered the lot from Woolner and opened fire, striking Sow and four other people.The four others are expected to survive.
Shootings in Toronto have sent another three men to hospital with serious wounds.
There were two separate incidents of gunfire, including one at 10:45 p.m. on Saturday, that left two victims with wounds in the Islington Ave. and Lakeshore Blvd. area.
“Multiple shots were heard and the injuries are serious,” police spokesperson Edward Parks said on Sunday.
Police say three suspects fled the scene in a black four-door sedan.
In another shooting at Lansdowne Ave. and Bloor St., a man suffered wounds around 4 a.m., on Sunday.
“This was a drive-by shooting and six to eight shots were fired,” Parks said.
Paramedics transported the men to hospital in serious condition.
There is no suspect or vehicle information.
It was a violent weekend in the GTA.
♦ Two children, ages 1 and 4, were rushed to hospital after a stabbing in the city’s west end on Saturday.
Paramedics responded to the stabbing call in an apartment at a building near Finch Ave. and Weston Rd. around 10:15 a.m.
Their mother was taken into custody
♦ A man was seriously injured by gunfire at the Scarborough Town Centre Friday afternoon.
Police received multiple calls just after 2 p.m., regarding the shooting outside the mall southwest of McCowan Rd. and Hwy. 401.
♦ One man was killed and another injured by gunfire in Hamilton on Friday night
Hamilton Police say the murder happened in the southbound lanes of Red Hill Valley Pkwy., near King St., around 10 p.m.
The dead man has been identified as 27-year-old Matar Abouchere.
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