Suspect charged with 2nd-degree murder, attempted murder after east-end Toronto shooting

Toronto police say a 22-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder after a shooting in an east-end parking lot Thursday evening.

Emergency crews were called to a commercial property on McNicoll Avenue near Middlefield Road, east of McCowan Road, just before 10 p.m.

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A 25-year-old man, who was later identified as Toronto resident Charankan Chandrakanthan, was found inside a vehicle with two gunshot wounds. He died at the scene.

In an update released Monday evening, police said investigators later found out a second man was also shot during the same incident. Officers said he was treated for serious, but non-life-threatening wounds.

Police said Whitchurch-Stouffville resident Saranraj Sivakumar was arrested on Sunday. He was charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder.

Sivakumar appeared in a Scarborough court Monday morning.