

Joshua Freeman, CP24.com





One person is dead and another is in critical condition following a shooting near Gerrard Street East and Greenwood Avenue.

It happened on Walpole Avenue around 9 p.m.

Paramedics said one person was declared dead at the scene following the shooting. Another -- a male in his late teens -- was rushed to hospital in life-threatening condition with multiple gunshot wounds, EMS said.

The shooting happened as many people – including children – were out enjoying the warm weather.

Some neighbours at the scene told CP24 they thought at first the loud noises might be fireworks. Others simply expressed shock.

“It definitely was not fireworks. I knew that,” one grandmother told CP24. “How can somebody do that when there were something like 30 kids in the playground?”

Police say one suspect is outstanding.

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