Police have identified a teenage boy who was fatally shot in Scarborough’s L’Amoreaux neighbourhood on Saturday afternoon.
The shooting happened in a plaza parking lot near Birchmount Road and Glendower Circuit, just south of Finch Avenue East.
Footage from the scene shows that the shooting appears to have occurred in front of a convenience store. Toronto police said they were called to that area shortly before 2 p.m. after receiving several calls reporting a shooting.Police said two shooters were involved. One of them fled the area of foot, while the other took off in a white-coloured SUV.He has now been identified as 16-year-old Kayelin Rider-Downey of Toronto.The first suspect is described as a Black male who was last seen wearing a red hat and a red shirt.
Det. Sgt. Aaron Akeson, of TPS’s Homicide and Missing Persons Unit, told the media on Saturday evening that he believes that the shooting was targeted, although he couldn’t say with complete certainty that the victim was the intended target.
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