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Scarborough teen killed in Jamaica shooting

Jamaican authorities have identified Ricardo Williams, 14, of Ontario as the victim of a deadly shooting. (Facebook)

A teenage boy from the Scarborough area of Toronto was shot and killed in the Jamaican capital of Kingston early Sunday.

Jamaican authorities have identified him as Ricardo Williams, 14, who was spending his summer vacation in Jamaica. They said he had been scheduled to return to Canada this week.

Williams had attended West Hill Collegiate Institute, a high school in Scarborough.

The Jamaica Constabulary Force said the teen was shot while attending a wake at a home in the Olympic Gardens neighbourhood about 2 a.m. local time. People in the area reported hearing explosions.

Williams was pronounced dead in hospital.

Police are investigating and urged whoever is responsible for the shooting to surrender.

Dahlia Garrick, an inspector with the Jamaica Constabulary Force, told CBC News police are searching for a 19-year-old man for questioning.

Garrick said the neighbourhood where the shooting occurred is known for violence.

"It is one of the communities that we consider one of our policing hotspots, I mean in that there have been several incidents of violence," Garrick said. "It is one of the traditional neighbourhoods … that produces violence."

"Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the Canadian citizen who passed away in Jamaica," an official with Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs told CBC News. "Canadian consular officials in Kingston are in contact with local authorities to gather additional information and are providing consular assistance to the family as required."