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Shooting in west-end Toronto leaves 1 in hospital

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Weston neighbourhood residents concerned after daytime shooting.
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A male was taken to hospital with serious injuries following a shooting in west-end Toronto Friday morning.

Toronto police said they responded to reports of shots fired just before 11 a.m. near Weston Road and Bellevue Crescent.

Once on scene, officers located a male in front of a restaurant with a gunshot wound. He was rushed to a trauma centre with serious injuries.

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The age and identity of the shooting victim has not been released.

Police said two suspects fled the scene. The first is described by police as a black male, in his 30s, approximately six-feet tall, wearing a long silver coat and a hoodie.

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The second suspect is described as a lighter skinned black male, five-feet five inches tall, wearing a three-quarter length dark coloured jacket.

Anyone with information on the shooting is urged to contact police.

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