Peel Regional Police say a 25-year-old man who was shot in central Mississauga has died in hospital.
Emergency crews were called to a residential area off of Huntington Ridge Drive, just east of Mavis Road and south of Eglinton Avenue West, just before 9:40 p.m. on Monday.
Police said the victim, Abdifatah Salah, was found with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a trauma centre by paramedics in critical condition.
In an update released Wednesday, officers said Salah died in hospital, prompting the homicide and missing persons bureau to take over the investigation.
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Salah’s death was Peel Region’s seventh homicide of 2020.
Anyone with information about the incident, or anyone with surveillance or dashcam video, was asked to call police at 905-453-2121, ext. 3205 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.
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