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The Chief provided the following update:

- Social gathering at a rented Airbnb

- It is a single occurrence w/ 4 shooting victims. 3 have succumbed to their injuries/are deceased. The 4th has non-life threatening injuries. 5th was cut/injured, but was not shot. 1/2 #GO219180^ams — Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) February 1, 2020

He confirmed three young men were shot dead and a fourth shooting victim was taken to hospital but is expected to survive.

A fifth victim suffered cuts, Saunders said.

Acting Det.-Sgt. Henri Marsman, of the Homicide Unit, spoke to reporters at the scene Saturday and confirmed the deceased victims are three men aged 19, 20 and 22.

The fourth shooting victim is a 20-year-old man while the fifth victim, who wasn’t shot, is a witness and police say he is cooperating with investigators.

“My understanding is that they were all there for the party,” Marsman said of the victims.

Investigators believe two gunmen opened fire during the party on the 32nd floor and shots were fired both inside the unit and out in the hallway.

Police have identified the dead men — two of whom are thought to have been the shooters — as Jalen Colley, 21, of Brampton, Joshua Gibson-Skier, 20, also of Brampton, and Tyronne Noseworthy, 19, of Toronto.

However, only Colley, who was shot in the throat, and Noseworthy, who was shot in the head, have been deemed homicide victims.

The circumstances surrounding the death of Gibson-Skier — shot in the abdomen — remain under investigation.

Two guns were also recovered at the scene, cops say.

The deadly shooting marks the seventh and eighth killings in the city just one month into the new year.

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“The shooting overnight is, as with others, is completely unacceptable,” Mayor John Tory said in statement released Saturday.