One dead, five injured in shooting near Toronto’s Yorkdale mall

Police officers respond to a shooting in a residential area near Yorkdale mall.

A man is dead and five people have been taken to hospital after a shooting in Toronto .

The shooting took place Tuesday evening in a residential area near Yorkdale Shopping Centre in North York.

Police said the victims in hospital were expected to survive.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said she was “disturbed” by news of the shooting.

“My office is in contact with Toronto police, who are on scene now and investigating, and the local councillor Deputy Mayor Mike Colle,” Chow said on social media.

Toronto paramedics said earlier that the conditions of the victims ranged from serious to critical.

They said the victims are between 18 and 40 yea

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