

Codi Wilson, CP24.com





A man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a shooting near Jamestown this morning.

It happened on Pittsboro Drive, in the area of Finch Avenue and Martin Grove Road, at around 9:30 a.m.

When police arrived on scene, investigators say a man, believed to be in his 20s, was found lying on the ground suffering from what appeared to be multiple gunshot wounds.

Police told CTV News that a dozen or more shots were fired in an apparent ambush on the victim, who was on a bicycle at the time of the shooting.

The victim was conscious and breathing when he was taken to a trauma centre for treatment. He underwent surgery on Wednesday evening and remains in critical condition, police said.

The suspect vehicle has been described by police as a late model blue Nissan Versa.

Investigators say they are going through video footage from the area and hope to have a suspect description available later this afternoon.

Supt. Ron Taverner told CTV that there is no question that the victim in this case was "targeted."

The gunshots rang out just steps from an elementary school and as a result of the incident, multiple schools were placed in lockdown.

Elmbank Junior Middle Academy School and Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School were placed under lockdown and Greenholme Junior Middle School was in hold and secure as police investigated the shooting but those orders have since been lifted.

Karen Letki, a resident of the area, told CTV that the victim was just having a cigarette on his bike when he was shot.

"He's a 20 year old kid," she said.

"I think he's in school. He likes doing rap music. He does nothing, like, he's a good boy. He plays basketball out in front of my house."

Letki expressed dismay over the recent spate of gun violence in the neighbourhood.

"I just don't get it. I see all these young men being blown away over stupidity. Boys, you want to do something for yourselves. Use your fists. Stop with these guns. Stop with these knives. Do something. Do something with your life," she said.

The shooting took place a short distance away from where Candice Rochelle Bobb, a 35-year-old pregnant woman, was shot and killed on the night of May 15.

Bobb and a group of friends were heading home from basketball game and when they went to drop off a passenger in Jamestown, an unknown suspect approached the vehicle and opened fire.

Bobb did not survive but doctors managed to save her five-month-old baby after performing an emergency C-section.

The baby remains in hospital in stable condition.