Police investigate homicide at TCH property
CBC News
Posted: Mar 6, 2013 10:48 AM ET
Last Updated: Mar 6, 2013 3:30 PM ET
911 calls came in from Arbordell Road, near Kipling Avenue and Westhumber Boulevard, shortly after 8 a.m., police said. (Peter Akman/CBC)
Toronto police say they are investigating a homicide at a Toronto Community Housing property in Rexdale after receiving a number of frantic 911 calls.
Calls came in from Arbordell Road, near Kipling Avenue and Westhumber Boulevard, at 8:04 a.m. Wednesday, Const. Victor Kwong said.
Police said the calls were jumbled with screaming and people hanging up on the dispatchers.
When police arrived, a 49-year-old man was found dead on the scene and a 39-year-old man was taken into custody and will be charged with murder. No further details have been released about either person.
It is Toronto's 11th homicide of 2013.
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