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Peel Regional Police are investigating after a 28-year-old man was shot and killed in Mississauga Wednesday evening.
Emergency crews were called to the Mississauga Valley Boulevard and Elm Drive area, near Hurontario Street and Central Parkway East, just before 10 p.m.
A Peel Paramedics spokesman told Global News the victim died at the scene.
Peel police said Shane Thomas was shot on the sidewalk next to a bus stop.
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A resident living at a nearby apartment building said he heard the sound of three gunshots.
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“I looked out the window and I see the police coming,” John Hull said.
“It was high caliber because it was pretty noisy. I have double windows and I heard it.”
Police are still investigating if the shooting is linked to another in Mississauga an hour later in which shots were fired into an apartment window.
Investigators haven’t released suspect information.
Anyone with information is being asked to call police at 905-453-2121 ext. 3205 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477..
With files from Cindy Pom
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