At least 3 shot, 1 dead in Parkdale

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Toronto police were searching for at least two suspects after a shootout in Toronto’s Parkdale neighborhood on Tuesday left one dead and three wounded.

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Toronto police received a call shortly after 5:30 p.m. that someone had been shot at an apartment building in the Dunne Avenue and Queen St. W. neighborhood (west of Dufferin Street and south of Queen St. W.).

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Upon arrival, police found the two shot in an apartment building.

Acting director Craig Young told reporters at the scene that the first victim was found in the lobby of a 19-story apartment building. Law enforcement was enacted, but a second victim – an adult male – was found in a third-floor unit and pronounced dead at the scene.

Meanwhile, a third similarly shot victim, a woman, was found near the TTC bus. Ms. Young fled the building and Queen said she “seeked shelter” in a bus on the street.

Police later said a fourth victim, a man, made his way to a nearby hospital on his own. His injuries were not life threatening.

Police remained at the scene looking for two suspects, a black man in his 30s dressed in black.

Young said someone was taken into custody Tuesday night, but “we don’t know the relationship at this time.”