A minimum of 5 individuals had been shot and killed on Sunday night by a gunman who opened fireplace at a condominium constructing in Vaughan, Ontario, the authorities mentioned.
Scores of ambulances and cops responded to the scene in Vaughan, a metropolis about 20 miles north of Toronto.
Maniva Armstrong, a spokeswoman with the York Regional Police in Ontario, mentioned in a quick interview on Sunday night time that officers had been nonetheless attempting to find out how many individuals had been killed and injured within the capturing.
The gunman, whose title was not launched, was fatally shot by cops, Ms. Armstrong mentioned. The authorities weren’t looking for different suspects, she added.
Investigators had been trying into attainable motives, she mentioned. It was not instantly recognized whether or not the gunman had any connection to the victims, who weren’t recognized.
Ms. Armstrong mentioned that there could possibly be extra victims within the constructing.
“The officers are nonetheless at that constructing, clearing it,” she mentioned.
It is a growing story.