Police identify man fatally shot in apartment building near Dundas and Sherbourne

Police have identified a man who was fatally shot at a residential building in Toronto overnight Monday as 41-year-old Brent Young.

The shooting capped off a violent 72 hours in the city.

Toronto police said the shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. Monday at 251 Sherbourne Street between Gerrard and Dundas streets.

Toronto Paramedics said a man was shot and pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said the man’s body was located in a third floor unit.

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“What we found was the lifeless body of a male approximately in his late 30s or early 40s,” Det. Robert Choe said.

“Some emergency life saving measures were attempted. Unfortunately that didn’t work out and he was pronounced dead at the scene.”

Authorities did not reveal any details about possible suspects. However, they are looking at surveillance footage from the building.

A woman who knew the victim said he was a family man and that he did not live at the apartment building.

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“He was very laid back, happy go lucky, calm, cool, and collected. It just doesn’t make sense to me,” Amy Phillips said.

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“This man was known as Dwight. He’s a family man. He’s got five kids. One died a year ago to the day. They had a memorial for him yesterday in Mississauga. He died in a car accident. He was 17 I believe. He was a very good family man. I have no idea who would have done something like that.”

The homicide unit has taken over the investigation. Anyone with information is urged to contact police.

The death caps off a violent weekend in Toronto where four other people were killed in three separate incidents over the course of three days.

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Toronto Mayor John Tory reiterated on Monday that the city is safe and police are doing what they can to fight gun violence in the city.

“When we see things last this past weekend’s events I feel a combination of anger towards the people who are doing it,” Tory told reporters during a transit announcement in west-end Toronto.

“I feel frustrated because I think police are making an excellent effort under the leadership of Chief Saunders to address it. But most of all I feel a sense of determination and that is determination that says, led by the work of the police, we are going to root these people out, gang by gang, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, block by block, and that is directly what the police services are doing.”

— With a file from The Canadian Press