Shooting in east-end Toronto leaves 1 man in critical condition

Toronto police are investigating after a man was dropped off at a local hospital in Scarborough with gunshot wounds.

A police spokesperson said officers were called by the hospital around 4 a.m. with reports of a man suffering from gunshot wounds.

The man, whose age is not known at this time, is in critical condition.

Police were able to locate the scene of the shooting in a plaza near the area of Eglinton Avenue and Brimley Road but aren’t sure exactly when the incident occurred.

Cst. David Hopkinson told Global News Saturday the victim had undergone surgery but that his condition was still critical.

“He’s been out of surgery for the last hour, hour and a half, but his condition is still critical,” Hopkinson said.

“We’ve cordoned off the area and what we want is anyone who may have been in the area sometime earlier this morning and seen something to call police.”

Mayor John Tory also commented Saturday afternoon saying all three levels of governments are working to keep the city safe.

“We just have to keep working harder and harder to make sure they don’t challenge this as one of the safest cities in the world, which it is,” he said.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-4100 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.

— With files from Erica Vella