A 12-year-old boy was shot multiple times at a North York apartment playground Friday night. He is now in serious condition at a Toronto hospital.
Residents near the playground area on Falfstaff Avenue – east of Jane Street and south of Highway 401 – called 911 at around 10:50 pm Friday once they heard the gunshots. Not long after, emergency crews arrived at the scene.
“A few shooters on foot … in the playground area did discharge a few rounds and subsequently they left in a vehicle,” Insp. Andy Singh told reporters early Saturday.
DEVELOPING: Officials say a boy is in serious, but non-life-threatening condition after a shooting in a park in front of two apartment buildings on Falstaff Avenue, just east of Jane Street and south of Highway 401. There is a large number of evidence markers on the ground. pic.twitter.com/gG607MMihN
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Toronto Mayor John Tory released a statement in regards to the shooting on Saturday afternoon. He called the incident a tragedy.
More from Insp. Andy Singh at the scene describing the response at this hour. pic.twitter.com/Jni5tHFU8v
— Nick Westoll (@NWestoll) July 31, 2021
Tory went into detail about how the level of gun violence in Toronto and other parts of Canada remains unacceptable.
Anyone with information on the shooting was asked to call police at 416-808-1200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.
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