Man dead after shooting in Toronto's Greektown, hours after memorial for mass shooting
A man has died in hospital following a shooting in Toronto's Greektown area early Sunday, police say.
Shortly after 3:30 a.m., officers responded to the sounds of gunshots in the area of Carlaw and Danforth avenues.
Police said they found a man with gunshot wounds.
Paramedics took the victim to hospital with life-threatening injuries. He was later pronounced dead.
There's no word on suspects.
Roads in the area that were closed after the shooting have since reopened.
The victim was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries and was later pronounced dead. (David Hill/CBC)
The shooting happened less than a block away from Withrow Park where a commemoration was held on Saturday for the fifth anniversary of a mass shooting in the same neighbourhood, which killed two people and injured 13 others.
Police haven't shared information to suggest the two events are connected.
Ken Price, whose daughter was shot and survived the 2018 attack, said he was shocked to learn of the shooting when he woke up this morning.
"It's jarring," he said.
At the memorial, Mayor Olivia Chow had talked about the need to acknowledge tragedy while also focusing on the positive things about Toronto, Price noted.
"And then you have that happen right in the face of that, it was really, really sad."
2018 shooting sent shock waves through communities
Price's daughter was out with friends on the night that a 29-year-old man opened fire on Danforth Avenue. Among them was 18-year-old Reese Fallon, who was killed in the incident. The other person killed, Julianna Kozis, was just 10 years old.
But the shooting affected more than just those injured and killed, Price said. It sent shock waves through entire communities.
Price said the same will be true of Sunday morning's shooting. While he said it's too soon to draw conclusions about the nature of the shooting, he said it underscores the need for supports for victims.
"There's a victim, but there's (also) a family and there's a community and lots of people, first responders, that are going to have to deal with this incident in their lives," he said.
