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Toronto police are investigating a shooting death in the city for the third night in a row.

A man in his 20s was found dead after police were called to the city’s north end just after 1 a.m. near the intersection of Flemington Road and Varna Drive.

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Police say the man, who hasn’t been identified, was discovered near a school playground and was pronounced dead from gunshot wounds shortly after officers arrived.

There’s no word yet on any suspects in Toronto’s 30th homicide of the year.

It was the fourth deadly shooting in three nights in the city, following a man who was shot and killed in a soccer field in the west end on Tuesday and a high-profile shootout that killed two young people and injured 24 others at a block party in Scarborough on Monday night.

In light of the spate of shootings, Mayor Rob Ford plans to ask Premier Dalton McGuinty to pay for more police officers dedicated to a special Toronto squad that swoops into areas under siege.