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Man dead after shooting at west-end Toronto shopping centre parking lot, police say

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Man dead after daytime shooting outside west-end Toronto Walmart
WATCH ABOVE: Catherine McDonald reports that shoppers reported hearing two or three shots and saw a white SUV speeding off – Sep 10, 2020

Toronto police say a man is dead after a shooting in the city’s west end Thursday afternoon.

Emergency crews were called to the parking lot of a Walmart on St. Clair Avenue West, east of Jane Street, just after 1:40 p.m.

According to an update posted on Twitter, police said officers initially received reports a man was shot inside a store in the area.

However, after arriving in the area, the victim was found by police in the parking lot.

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The man died at the scene.

Police said a male suspect was seen leaving the scene in a white SUV. They were last seen travelling west on St. Clair Avenue West.

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“Anyone who was driving in the area of St. Clair Avenue and Mould Avenue at 1 p.m – 2 p.m., on Thursday, September 10, 2020, with a dashcam, is also asked to contact police to obtain the video from their car,” police said in a news release.

On Friday, police identified the victim as 26-year-old Andre Rodriguez, a resident of Toronto.

Homicide investigators are looking to speak to anyone who knows Rodriguez or has been in contact with him over the past week.

— With files from Gabby Rodrigues.

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