A gunman has been shot dead by police after he killed five people in a condominium unit in a Toronto suburb, authorities in Canada have said.
Chief James MacSween of York regional police said one of his officers shot and killed the suspect in a condo in Vaughan, Ontario. “Six deceased. One of them is the subject. The other five are victims,” Mr MacSween said.
He said a seventh person shot by the suspect was in the hospital and was expected to survive. Mr MacSheen said he did not have details on whether the gunman was a resident of the building.
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit, which gets involved when there is a death or serious injury involving police, is investigating.
One press agency has reported that the shootings took place in the Toronto district of Vaughan in Canada, in the Belleria Residences on the corner of Jane Street and Rutherford Road.
Police have not yet identified the suspect. Mass shootings are rare in Canada and Toronto has long prided itself as being one of the safest big cities in the world.
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