MONTREAL, Canada – Five folks had been killed and one other wounded Sunday in a capturing within the suburbs of the Canadian metropolis of Toronto, police mentioned.
The suspect additionally died after an trade of fireside with legislation enforcement, native police chief Jim MacSween instructed reporters, saying the capturing befell in an house constructing.
The injured individual was taken to hospital and their life is just not in peril.
Police had been known as to the positioning early Sunday night.
“Once the officers arrived, they were met with… a horrendous scene where numerous victims were deceased,” MacSween instructed reporters, in response to Canadian media.
Police had been investigating the motive and whether or not there was a connection between the victims and the male suspect, who has not been named.
The suspect allegedly acted alone.
The victims had been discovered in numerous residences within the constructing, which is positioned in Vaughan, within the suburbs about 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of Toronto.
Residents had been evacuated instantly and dozens of ambulances and cops had been on the scene within the night, Canadian media mentioned.
While it suffers far fewer mass shootings than its American neighbor, Canada has skilled an upsurge in gun violence, which has prompted it to not too long ago legislate to ban handguns.
In April 2020, a gunman disguised as a policeman killed 22 folks within the jap province of Nova Scotia, Canada’s worst mass capturing.
In September this yr, a person killed 11 folks and stabbed 18 others, primarily in an remoted indigenous neighborhood in Saskatchewan province.
Firearms-related violent crimes account for lower than three p.c of all violent crimes in Canada — however since 2009 the per capita price of weapons being fired with intent to kill or wound has elevated five-fold.
Canada banned 1,500 sorts of military-grade or assault-style firearms in May 2020, days after the Nova Scotia capturing. —Agence France-Presse
