Toronto shootings leave 1 dead, 5 injured
Last Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 9:18 AM ET
CBC News
Police interview people outside the banquet hall in Toronto's east end where five people were shot early Sunday. (Tony Smyth/CBC)Two separate shootings in Toronto overnight have left one person dead and five injured.
Police were called to 1001 Bay St. around 3:20 a.m. ET Sunday to investigate after a man, believed to be about 30 years old, was shot in the back. He was pronounced dead at St. Michael's Hospital, police say.
A gun was recovered near the crime scene. No other details about the victim or possible suspects have been made available.
In a second shooting, reported around 3:30 a.m., three men and two women were shot at the Atlantic Party Hall on Ellesmere Road in Toronto's east end.
Four of the victims were treated and released from various hospitals. One of the men remains in hospital with a gunshot wound to the head.
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