Toronto police say a man is dead after a shooting in North York on Wednesday night.

Officers were called to a townhouse complex at 11 Field Sparroway, near Leslie St. and Finch Ave. E., just after 8 p.m. for reports of the sound of gunshots.

When they arrived, they found the victim on the sidewalk outside the building.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two people were seen fleeing on foot, police said.

Police did not immediately release the victim’s name, identifying him only as a man in his 20s.

His death marks Toronto’s 67th homicide of 2019.

Gun violence continues to be at record levels in Toronto. As of Monday, 270 people had been killed or injured in shootings this year, dozens more than the highest year-end total in police data that goes back to 2004.

Based on the data, shootings in the city have increased steadily since reaching a low in 2014, which saw 94 people shot by Dec. 9.

The rate of violence this year has so far exceeded the previous record — set in 2005, which was dubbed “the year of the gun” — even accounting for population growth.

The combined total of injuries and deaths this year is up 28 per cent from the same date in 2018, which set the city’s record for the most homicides in a single year. Despite the increase, eight fewer people have been killed by guns so far in 2019.

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