Toronto police identify 27-year-old man killed in overnight shooting
Toronto police have identified the 27-year-old man killed in a shooting in North York early Saturday morning.
Officers responded to reports of a shooting in a plaza on Keele Street, near Sheppard Avenue, at around 1:45 a.m.
Toronto police attend the scene of a fatal shooting at a plaza on Keele Street, near Sheppard Avenue, on Oct. 16, 2021. (Scott Lightfoot/CTV News Toronto)
Police said a man was found in a vehicle suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
The man was pronounced deceased at the scene, police said.
He has been identified as Randy Nguyen from Cambridge.
Randy Nguyen, 27, is seen in this undated photo. Nguyen was fatally shot in North York on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. (Toronto Police Service)
No suspect information has been released.
"At this point, we're just trying to find any witnesses in the area that may have seen what had happened," Toronto police Det. Matt Emptage said.
Nguyen is the city's 66th homicide victim of the year.
Police are asking anyone with information or dash camera video from the area at the time of the incident to contact police at 416-808-2222 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.
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