An eight-year-old boy has died after being struck by a stray bullet while he was in bed at home in a North York apartment building, police say.

Officers responded to reports of gunshots near Martha Eaton Way and Trethewey Drive at around 12:30 a.m., Toronto police said in a post on X.

When they arrived, they found a male child who had been shot.

"He was in his home, the safest place that you can be — with your family, in bed — when he was struck by a stray bullet," said Det.-Sgt. Jason Davis with the Toronto Police Service.

The boy was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

"What's happened here is a cowardly, disgusting act of violence," Davis said.

"Every resource available in the city is being allocated to this right now."

Two other apartment units struck

Two other apar

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