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Toronto police have identified the 28-year-old man fatally shot outside an apartment building in North York early Tuesday.

Authorities said emergency crews were called around 6:17 a.m. to 10 San Romanoway near Jane Street and Finch Avenue.

Police said the victim was shot inside a vehicle and three suspects were seen fleeing the area.

“There was a male and a female outside the building in a vehicle,” Insp. Norm Proctor said. “The male was struck several times. The female was not struck.”

Toronto paramedics said they responded to the scene but the victim was pronounced dead.

He was identified by police Tuesday afternoon as Lawrence Errol Joel John, of Toronto.

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Police said the suspects may have fled in a white-style hatchback vehicle.

The homicide unit has taken over the investigation.

The fatal shooting is the city’s 94th homicide of 2018.

Police investigate a fatal shooting outside 10 San Romanoway near Jane St. and Finch Ave. on Dec. 18, 2018. Rob Ford/Global News

SHOOTING:

San Romanoway + Jane St

-Multiple shots heard

-Man shot while in car

-Injuries serious

-EMS rushed to scene

-Man succumbed to injuries

-Multiple suspects seen running away

-Pronounced deceased on scene

-Homicide called in to investigate#GO2315055

^dh — Toronto Police OPS (@TPSOperations) December 18, 2018

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