Toronto police have charged two youths after a 14-year-old girl was shot in the leg inside a North York apartment last week.

Police found a 14-year-old girl with gunshot wounds after receiving reports of gunfire in the area of Weston Road and Finch Avenue W. around 12:30 a.m. Friday.

She was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, where she was later released.

Two youths have arrested and are facing eight charges each, including discharging a firearm while being reckless to the life or safety of another person and several over gun charges.

The youths cannot be identified under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Police did not release their age or gender.

They were scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 9.

Gun violence continues to be at record levels in Toronto. As of Monday, 255 people had been killed or injured in shootings this year, a number that, with seven weeks left in 2019, has surpassed 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 90 people shot by Nov. 11.

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.

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