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A broad daylight shootout at a strip mall near Downsview ended in a head-on collision late Tuesday morning.

Toronto Police say the gun battle erupted at Jane St. and Queens Dr. — a block south of the on-ramp to Hwy. 400 — around 11:15 a.m.

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Two groups of males gathered in a parking lot in front of a plaza on the west side of the street became embroiled in a “dispute” and there was an exchange of gunfire, Insp. Darren Alldrit said at the scene, as his fellow officers gathered evidence and searched the area for the culprits.

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He said it’s believed the groups fled the scene in two separate vehicles.

One of the vehicles — a grey Honda Civic — pulled out of the plaza and headed south but almost immediately crashed into an oncoming white Honda Civic in the northbound lanes.

Alldrit said the occupants of the grey car then took off on foot.

Police responded to the gun call and searched the area with help from the canine unit, but no arrests were made.