Halton Regional Police say they are investigating a shooting that left one man dead outside of his home in Georgetown on Tuesday night.
Emergency crews were called to Monarch Drive and Niagara Trail, near 10 Line and 10 Side Road, at around 11 p.m. for reports of a shooting.
When officers arrived, police said they found a man, who was pronounced dead at the scene, in a driveway outside of his own residence. Police said the man had been shot.
The victim has been identified by police as 36-year-old Ryan Lorde, a Georgetown resident.
Get breaking National news
Police said they are treating the death as a homicide and that investigators believe it was a targeted shooting.
“There is no larger risk to the community or the public related to this occurrence,” Halton Regional Police Const. Ryan Anderson told Global News.
There are no suspect descriptions as of Wednesday morning.
Police are urging anyone in the area who may have camera footage or information to contact investigators at 905-825-4776 or anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
- Arrested Western University students were making bombs, firearms, police allege
- Man wanted for alleged abduction in Manitoba arrested, woman found safe
- Gavin McKenna, top NHL prospect, gets felony assault charge withdrawn
- British man who was living in Vancouver convicted in U.S. dark web drug trafficking
Comments