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Teenage boy dead after shooting in Regent Park

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Shooting in Regent Park takes life of teen boy
WATCH LIVE: Toronto police responded to a shooting in area of Sackville and Bartholomew Tuesday afternoon and located a victim suffering from visible injuries. Police said 15-year-old Mackai Jackson was pronounced dead on scene. Shallima Maharaj brings us the latest on what is now the city's 81st homicide – Sep 26, 2018

Toronto police have released the identity of a teenage boy shot and killed in the Regent Park neighbourhood on Tuesday.

A police spokesperson said officers responded to a shooting call in the area of Sackville and Bartholomew streets around 4:15 p.m.

Officers said they located one victim with visible injuries. A paramedics spokesperson told Global News they attended and pronounced a boy in his teens dead on the scene.

Police later identified the deceased as 15-year-old Mackai Bishop Jackson.

A building resident, Roseanne Figueira, said she’s surprised this happened in her specific building.

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“Nothing like this has ever happened before in our building, but in the neighbourhood,” she said, “I’m not surprised in the neighbourhood.”

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“What’s happening internally has to be changed. And there is violence, there’s gangs, there’s drugs,” said Catherina Perez, who is currently running for councillor in Ward 13. These are not new issues to our city,”

“We don’t have that feeling of safety. So we want to create a safe neighbourhood and this also leaks into other neighbourhoods as well.”

There is currently no suspect information. Homicide has taken over the investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.

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