People leave an area taped off by the police near the scene of a mass shooting in Toronto, Canada, July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
July 23, 2018
TORONTO (Reuters) – Nine people, including a young girl, were shot near downtown Toronto, police in the eastern Canadian city said on Sunday, and the gunman was dead.
The condition of the victims was not known yet, Toronto police said on their Twitter feed.
Reports of gunfire in the city’s Greektown neighborhood began at 10 p.m. local time (0200 GMT Monday), CityNews.com reported.
Witnesses said they heard 25 gunshots, the news website reported.
(Reporting by Denny Thomas and Brendan O’Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Paul Tait)
