One man is dead and four others are injured after
a late night shooting that happened outside this N Etobicoke
High School.
We are learning that a group of men were hanging
out here after a soccer game,
something that they have been doing for decades,
when those shots were fired just before 11:00 PM.
At this point, police say they do not know why
the group was shot at.
And this comes after two random shootings happened nearby just
hours before.
It was such a ambush case.
It's nobody saw it coming.
They heard nothing. I gotta tell you,
Terrace isn't enough. Words aren't enough to console what has
gone.
We're still in shock.
More than fifty evidence markers are scattered across the parking
lot,
painting a picture of the chaos from the night before.
Residents who heard the gunfire tell City News it sounded
like machine guns going off.
Our cameras captured bullet holes and cars and in the
walls and windows of this N Etobicoke high school.
We're looking for a black or dark colored
newer model pickup truck. The two suspects we believe involved
are wearing dark clothing.
In total five people were shot,
some multiple times. All were rushed to hospital.
A 61 year old man did not survive.
Another victim suffered life altering injuries and the three others
are expected to make full recoveries.
They were just a group of males that were enjoying
the summer air and
playing soccer and then taking a break after and
hanging out. Paula, who did not want to be identified,
knows the group well and says the man who lost
his life is extended family.
He goes by the name George and is being described
as a devoted husband and father.
Paula tells me he called his wife moments after being
shot.
By the time they tried to help him to get
back to life,
he was able to just call her on the phone
to say he was gone.
He's a wonderful soul. All you get is a smile.
You say hello and all he does is smile.
He love life. The motive behind this shooting is still
under investigation and police are concerned about the circumstances after
two totally innocent people from the neighborhood were shot in
separate incidents just hours before.
Police Superintendent Ron Tavener telling us a 20 year old
man and a 14 year old boy were the victims
of random gunfire.
For us in placing, we intend to step our our
vigilance in these areas.
Is there concern that last night's shooting could could have
been part of the the random shooting?
I mean, everything is a consideration right now.
As the Detective Sergeant said,
this is very early on in the investigation.
There's a lot of pieces at work to
try and put all this together.
We still need answers. We still need to know why.
We still need to know what had gone wrong.
What have they done to deserve this?
Because they are just people that just love life
behind me. Here you can see there are two security
cameras mounted to the side of the high school.
They do point directly into the parking lot.
We know that officers spend many hours canvassing the neighborhood
looking for video evidence,
not only in this case,
but also related to those two random shootings.
We are being told that there will be a heightened
police presence in this area and a command post has
also been set up outside the high school and I'm
being told that it will be here until further notice
in Etobicoke.
Shawna Hunt. City News.