Toronto police shot and killed a man who was walking down a street carrying a gun in a city neighborhood on Thursday afternoon, an incident that prompted five nearby schools to be placed under precautionary lockdowns, city officials said.
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The scene where the man was shot by Toronto police is about 130 meters from the William G Davis Junior Public School, which was the last of the five schools to emerge from a lockdown. Toronto police have blocked about 300 meters of roadway near the scene while special investigations officers conduct their probe, according to a Reuters witness.
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