Homicide investigators probing Toronto woman's death in Newmarket

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Police say they are investigating a Toronto woman's death in Newmarket as a homicide. (CBC - image credit)
Police say they are investigating a Toronto woman's death in Newmarket as a homicide. (CBC - image credit)

The death of a Toronto woman found in a Newmarket home last Friday is being investigated as a homicide, York Regional Police say.

In a news release Tuesday, police say officers were called to a home in the area of Prospect Street and Gorham Street for reports of an injured person.

They arrived to find 22-year-old Nicole Mercer. She was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

A post-mortem investigation found Mercer died of a gunshot wound, police say.

Investigators are asking any witnesses who have not yet spoken with them to contact police.

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