Toronto police are investigating after a man was shot while in a car in the city’s Riverdale area Monday night, with the bullets narrowly missing a child under the age of five who was also in the vehicle.
The 20-year-old man was parked on Pape Avenue near Withrow Avenue when an unknown man approached the driver’s-side window and began shooting into the vehicle, police say.
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The man in the vehicle was struck, with the gunfire narrowly missing the child.
The suspect is described as possibly being a teenager, black with a dark complexion, between five-foot-five and five-foot-six, thin build, skinny face, clean-shaven with a pointy chin and small thin lips. He was wearing dark pants, a black jacket or bubble vest, red hat with a hood over the hat and possibly white shoes.
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He was last seen in a silver SUV with tinted windows.
Police are asking businesses in the area to check their security camera footage from between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Monday for any evidence.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5500, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637).
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