18-year-old charged with second-degree murder after stabbing in city’s west end

An 18-year-old boy is dead and another is charged with second-degree murder after a stabbing in Toronto’s west end early Friday morning.

A male teen was located around 1 a.m. behind the Galleria Shopping Mall near Dufferin Street and Dupont Street.

The victim, Luis Desjardins of Toronto, was taken to hospital with stab wounds and was later pronounced dead.

Police originally placed a man and a 20-year-old woman into custody but have since said the woman was a witness to the incident.

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Andrew Gomes, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.

He is scheduled to appear in a Toronto court Friday.

The motive of the stabbing is under investigation.

The fatal stabbing is just one of three stabbing incidents that took place in Toronto overnight.

Officers responded to a second incident just before 2 a.m. after a woman was stabbed near Danforth Avenue and Greenwood Avenue.

Police said the victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Police are looking for three female suspects in connection to the case.

The third stabbing occurred at the Warden subway station where a male teen was located around 1:30 a.m. with injuries to his legs.

The victim was rushed to hospital and his current condition is unknown.

There’s no word yet on any suspects.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).