The Toronto Police homicide squad is appealing for three women to come forward and speak to them about a shooting that left one man dead and another with serious injuries.
"Investigators have received information that the two victims were with three women, inside the bar, just prior to the shooting," police said late Wednesday afternoon in a news release.
"Police are appealing to those three women to contact Detective Sergeant Wayne Banks at 416-808-7411 or Detective Mary Vruna at 416-808-7380."
Just after 3 a.m. Wednesday, police were called to 1805 Wilson Avenue, near Highway 400, where they found a 28-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds in the lobby of a bar.
He was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
Police then found a second victim, also suffering from gunshot wounds, in the parking lot behind the bar. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators have not yet released the deceased victim's name. A post-mortem has yet to be scheduled.
The death is the city's 59th homicide of the year and the fourth in less than a week:
- On Monday night, 45-year-old Laura Rios was shot and killed as she arrived at her Weston Rd. apartment building, her daughter in the backseat of her truck. Police believe Rios, an �migr� from Colombia who ran a shipping business, was targeted, but do not yet have a motive for the murder.
- Early Saturday morning, 24-year-old Kirk Matthews was gunned down on San Pietroway, in the Islington Ave. and Steeles Ave. West area.
- Later that day, 26-year-old Spring Phillips was found beaten to death in her Wellesley Street apartment.
- Late Sunday, Levi Aggek, 33, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with Phillips' death.
