Daniel Amalathas, 19, was found dead in a family washroom in the Scarborough Town Centre on Thursday afternoon. Initially, police considered his death to be suspicious, but in a news release on Sunday, they say it was a homicide. (Submitted by Toronto Police Service - image credit)

A 19-year-old man found dead in the Scarborough Town Centre on Thursday was the victim of a homicide, Toronto police say.

In a news release Saturday, police identified the man as Daniel Amalathas, 19, of Toronto.

Amalathas was found injured in a washroom of the mall just before 2 p.m. Thursday after police responded to a call about someone being shot, the news release says.

At the time, police had said a firearm was located nearby.

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