Skip to main content

Man found lying on North York road with gunshot wounds dies in hospital

Share

A man has died after being found lying on the roadway suffering from gunshot wounds in North York Saturday morning.

Toronto police said they were called for a shooting in the area of Wilson and Oakland avenues, near Highway 400, shortly before 6:30 a.m.

When officers arrived, they found a man on the road who had been shot and was unresponsive.

He was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries but was later pronounced dead.

On Saturday evening, police identified the victim as 36-year-old Roberto Lowndes of Kleinburg, Ont. He is the city’s 63rd homicide victim of the year.

Police have not released a possible motive for the shooting.

They urge anyone with information to contact homicide investigators at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477) or www.222tips.com.

CTVNews.ca Top Stories

Notre Dame Cathedral: Sneak peek ahead of the reopening

After more than five years of frenetic reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral showed its new self to the world Friday, with rebuilt soaring ceilings and creamy good-as-new stonework erasing somber memories of its devastating fire in 2019.

Stay Connected