Officials say a man has died after a shooting in Toronto‘s west end Wednesday evening.
Emergency crews were called to the Weston Road and Sidney Belsey Crescent area, west of Jane Street, at around 9:10 p.m.
Toronto police said a car pulled up beside the victim’s vehicle and the driver was shot, causing the man to crash into a tree.
Paramedics rushed the man to a trauma centre with a police escort. He later died of his injuries.
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On Thursday, police identified him as 33-year-old Toronto resident Abdikani Ismail.
Investigators said they believe the shooting was targeted, but wouldn’t comment on possible gang ties.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.