Donovan Betty 21,Toronto victim of Tuesday’s shooting at 545 The West Mall in Etobicoke

Toronto police have identified 21-year-old Donovan Betty as the victim of Tuesday’s shooting in Etobicoke.

Police responded to a call around 1:20 p.m. at The West Mall and Rathburn Road, near Highway 427, according to a press release.

Betty was pronounced dead in the parking lot of 545 The West Mall.

A dark coloured sedan was seen driving quickly away from the scene, said police. Suspect information has not been released.

Police are asking anyone with information or security video to contact police at 416-808-7400 or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477)

Betty is Toronto’s 49 homicide victim of 2019.

Including him, 40 men and 9 women have been killed in Toronto so far this year. They are:

Ian Dyer, 36, was stabbed in a Toronto Community Housing building near Danforth and Midland Aves. on Jan. 6. Leigh Min, 34, was arrested two days later and charged with first-degree murder.

• Lorraine Kerubo Ogoti, 30, was stabbed in an eighth-floor unit of a Scarborough apartment building on Jan. 8. Her boyfriend, Mowlid Hassan, 40, was found dead outside the building. Police have concluded Ogoti’s death was a murder-suicide.

• Aseel Yehya, 18, was shot on Elmhurst Dr. near Redwater Dr. in Etobicoke on Jan. 9 after police said a dark-coloured vehicle approached him.

• Lingathasan Suntharamoorthy, 36, was shot in an apartment building near Dundalk Dr. and Antrim Cres. on Jan. 12.

• Hanh (Hana) Nguyen, 41, was stabbed at her home near Jane St. and St. Clair Ave. W., on Jan. 24. Austin Le, 40, was found at the scene and charged with second-degree murder.

• Jaunoi Christian, 24, was shot outside a nightclub on Queen St. E. near Parliament St. on Feb. 8. Ibrahim Khiar, 33, of Toronto, was charged with first-degree murder on Feb. 20.

• Veronika Mrhova, 24, was shot while sitting in a Mercedes-Benz near Lake Shore Blvd. and Silver Moon Dr. early on Feb. 10. She died in hospital five days later.

• Dean Howlett, 25, was shot in an apartment building on Lawrence Ave. E. west of Kingston Rd. in Scarborough on Feb. 12. Naod Tsegazab, 22, of Toronto, was later charged with second-degree murder.

• Tesfa Welsh-Hope, 28, was shot near Islington Ave. and Rexdale Blvd. in Rexdale on Feb. 13. Kyle Dias, 19, of Toronto, was arrested on Vancouver Island on March 15 and charged with second-degree murder.

• Nicklus McKain, 18, was shot near 18 John Garland Blvd., near Kipling Ave. and Albion Rd., in Rexdale on Feb. 24. He died in hospital.

• Jason Otis Lewis, 47, was found dead at an apartment on Broadway Ave., near Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. E. on March 4. An autopsy found he died of blunt-force trauma. Quentin Luke Lewis, 42, was arrested two days later and charged with second-degree murder.

• Nashwan Yonan, 32, was shot at a gas station at Eglinton Ave. E. and Avenue Rd. shortly after midnight on March 8. He died in hospital nearly two weeks later on March 21.

• Martin Anthony Johnson, 51, was shot at a North York apartment complex near Keele St. and Sheppard Ave. W. on March 11.

• Jennyfer Lachappelle, 41, was found dead on at an apartment near Davenport Rd. and Symington Ave. on March 13. Andrew Gerber, 38, has been charged with second-degree murder. Friends said Gerber and Lachappelle were in a relationship and may have been engaged.

• Helen Fronczak, 79, was found dead at an apartment near Kipling Ave. and Eglinton Ave. W. on March 19. Larry Fronczak, 80, has been charged with second-degree murder.

• Jerome Belle, 22, was shot near Dundas West subway station in the Junction at about 3:30 p.m. March 20. He died in hospital.

• Rae Cara Carrington, 51, was stabbed in the PATH system near King St. W and Bay St. on April 10. Her son, Duncan O’Neil Sinclair, 19, of Toronto, was arrested two days later and charged with first-degree murder.

• Wilfred Kent Truman, 77, was killed in his home near Eglinton Ave. W. and Black Creek Dr. on April 15. Kyle Truman, 49, of Toronto, has been charged with first-degree murder.

• Jermaine Gerard Skeete, 34, was shot at 571 Vaughan Rd. near Oakwood Ave. on April 21. He later died in hospital.

• Lawrence Taylor Gannon, 28, was shot on Ivy Green Cres., near Brimorton Dr. and Orton Park Rd., in Scarborough on April 28. He died in hospital two days later.

• Premachchandran Sundaralingam, 53, was found injured inside a home near Renforth Dr. and Rathburn Rd. on April 28. He died in hospital the next day. Richard Turner, 48, of Toronto, was arrested on May 2 and has been charged with manslaughter, aggravated assault and threatening death.

• Blain Gerrado Grindley, 26, was shot in Rexdale near John Garland Blvd. and Humber College Blvd. on May 1. Michael Smith, 29, of Toronto, surrendered to police on May 20. He’s charged with first degree murder. Police are still looking for Dayne Sitladeen, 27, of Mississauga.

• Justin Kyle Ezeard, 23, was shot at a commercial establishment near Steeles Ave. W. and Islington Ave. on May 3. Shawn Vassel, 35, of Toronto, was arrested on July 10, charged with second-degree murder.

• Brendon Bowler, 17, was stabbed near Sir Wilfrid Laurier C.I. near Guildwood Pkwy. and Livingston Rd. on May 6. Emmett Carew, 18, and Cheddi Itwaroo, 20, both of Toronto, are charged with second-degree murder.

• Valland Spolarich, 43, was found dead at his home at Shanly St. and Westmoreland Ave. on May 21. Herculano Pimentel, 50, of Toronto has been charged with second-degree murder.

• Hassan Gutale Ali, 52, was found dead in an apartment on June 6. Abdullahi Osman, 55, was arrested on June 12 and charged with first-degree murder.

• James Andrew Smith, 52, was stabbed while he was standing at the door of 730 Yonge St. near Charles St. on June 8. Eric Bryant Ram, 24, of no fixed address, has been charged with second-degree murder.

• Johnson Reyes, 61, was stabbed at Parkwoods Village Dr. and Gisburn Rd., west of Victoria Park Ave. in North York on June 28.

• Jaydin Simpson, 17, was shot in a parking lot near Danzig St. and Morningside Ave. in Scarborough on June 28.

Christopher Teape, 25, and Ahmed Mohamud, 32, both from Toronto, were shot at an apartment building on Emmett Ave., near Jane St. and Eglinton Ave. W., on June 29. A third man was also shot, and suffered non life-threatening injuries. Denzil Kemoy Williams, 33, of Toronto, was arrested July 27, and charged with two counts of first degree murder.

• Jordan Armstrong, 33, was shot inside Orchid nightclub on Peter St., near Spadina Ave., on June 30. Staff found the club promoter suffering from gunshot wounds at 3 a.m., and he later died in hospital.

• Dwain Frederick Adams, 61, was assaulted in a restaurant near Queen St. E. and Sherbourne St. on July 1. He died in hospital on July 6. Patrick Gayle, 46, was arrested for aggravated assault, which was later upgraded to manslaughter on July 6.

• Kathryn Niedoba, 36, was found with life-threatening injuries near Dovercourt Park on July 18 and died in hospital. Matthew Larmon, 43, of Toronto, was arrested the next day and charged with manslaughter.

• Hanad Abdullahi Ali, 16, was shot at Falstaff Ave. near Jane St. around 1 a.m. on Aug. 1.

• Grenville Johhnson, 56, was stabbed at a drop-in program operated by Wychwood Open Door on Aug. 7 at about 3 p.m. Glen McGregor, 57, of Toronto, charged with second-degree murder.

• Kevin Reddick, 29, was shot in East York near Wakunda Pl. and Parma Ct., just before 2:20 p.m. Aug. 9. Two suspects are wanted in connection with the shooting.

• Paolo Caputo, 64, was shot in front of his restaurant on Roncesvalles Ave., near Grenadier Rd., just after 4 p.m. Aug. 16. Police are looking for one suspect who fled the scene after jumping in a waiting car. Caputo was an associate of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto.

• Minh Le, 61, was shot in a North York plaza at around 10:50 p.m. Aug. 19. He died in hospital two days later. He was found lying on the ground in a parking lot near a McDonald’s drive thru at Weston Rd. and Highway 401.

• Abdikani Ismail, 33, of Toronto, was shot while he was driving on Weston Rd., near Jane St., at about 9:10 p.m. Aug. 21. The shooter’s car pulled up beside Ismail’s vehicle and started firing while both were still moving.

• Alexis Charles, 46, of Toronto, was shot just after 5 a.m. Aug. 25 on Toryork Dr., near Fenmar Dr. and Steeles Ave. W.

• A resident of Bendale Acres Long-Term care facility in Scarborough died on Sept. 3 after an altercation with another resident. He was taken to hospital where he died.

• Nathan Lloyd Ashman, 36, of Toronto, died following an altercation at Jane St. and Wilson Ave. at about 9:10 p.m. Sept. 4. Troy Anthony Hinds, 43, of Toronto, was charged with second-degree murder.

• Chiou-Shuang (Susan) Cheng, 40, was found dead inside a residence on Bonis Ave. on April 3 around 11:30 a.m. Followng a suspicious death investigation, 53-year-old Mansour Jalali, 53, of Toronto, was arrested on Sept. 7. He has been charged with first-degree murder.

• Tharshika Jeganathan, 27, was attacked with a machete at Fishery Rd., near Morrish and Ellesmere Rds. on Sept. 11. Sasikaran Thanapalasingam, 38, surrendered to police later that day and charged with first degree murder. The two had been in a previous relationship.

• Vito Lapolla, 72, was shot outside outside a café in the area of Dufferin St. and Glencairn Ave. on Sept. 16. Suspect jumped out of the car and shot him outside Tony’s Espresso Bar.

• Charankan Chandrakanthan, 25, was shot in the parking lot of 3411 McNicoll Ave. in Scarborough on Sept. 19. Police charged 22-year-old Stouffville man, Saranraj Sivakumar, with second-degree murder and attempted murder.

• Edwin McGowan, 52, was found dead in an apartment building by the corner of Kennedy Rd. and Antrium Cr. Police said the cause of death was severe trauma caused by assault, and are deeming it a homicide.

Donovan Betty, 21, was shot in the parking lot of 545 The West Mall. Police are looking for a dark coloured sedan that was seen fleeing the scene.

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