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2 injured after masked men shoot at west-end Toronto home: police

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Masked shooters fire into Lawrence Heights home sending 2 to hospital
WATCH ABOVE: An overnight shooting near Weston Road and Lawrence Avenue West has left two people in hospital, including a women in critical condition. It’s an area that is no stranger to violence and one a Toronto city councillor says needs more attention from police. Jamie Mauracher reports – Oct 30, 2019

Toronto police say a man and a woman have been injured after two men opened fire at a home in Toronto’s west end on Wednesday.

Officers were called to a residence on Conron Place, near Weston Road and Lawrence Avenue West, at about 12:40 a.m. after numerous reports of a shooting.

Police said a 71-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman were found with gunshot wounds and rushed to a trauma centre. Investigators said the man is in serious but stable condition and the woman is in life-threatening condition.

Police say two masked men, both wearing dark clothing, approached the home and fired multiple rounds into the residence through both the door and the windows.

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“Officers are conducting a canvas and hope to speak to anyone who may have information or anyone who saw anything and trying to secure any video surveillance images that may have captured this incident,” Toronto police Insp. Mandeep Mann said.

Mann said the two victims are not related.

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