

Paul Johnston, CP24.com





Toronto police are investigating after a man and a woman were shot in the city’s east end Tuesday night.

It happened in the Morningside Avenue and Sewells Road area shortly before 10 p.m.

Preliminary information suggests that one of the victims was shot inside a pizza shop located in a nearby plaza.

The man was shot in the arm, the woman in the lower back, Toronto Paramedic Services said. Their injuries were described as serious, but non-life threatening.

The circumstances surrounding the incident were not immediately known.

No suspect information has been provided by police.

Morningside Avenue is currently closed in both directions at Sewells Road.