Police are investigating after a 27-year-old man was fatally shot in a residential neighbourhood in Markham, Ont. early Friday morning.
York Regional Police were called to the Hillwood Street and Brookhaven Crescent area west of McCowan Road just after 1 a.m. and located a male with gunshot wounds.
He was rushed to a trauma centre where he later succumbed to his injuries.
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Police identified the man as Noel Williams.
There’s no word yet on the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
Police have not released any descriptions of suspects.
The homicide unit has taken over the investigation.
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