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Man dead and 2 taken to hospital after shooting outside Toronto apartment building, police say

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A 52-year-old man has died and two men have been injured after a shooting outside a west-end Toronto apartment building Saturday night, police say.

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Emergency crews were called to the building on Martha Eaton Way, located near the intersection of Black Creek and Trethewey drives and a short distance away from the 12 Division station, just before 10:30 p.m.

According to an update issued by Toronto police, officers were called to the property after receiving reports of multiple gunshots being heard.

Officers found Toronto resident Jerome Jean-Louis Sylvester near a sidewalk just outside the building, but he died a short time later.

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A 29-year-old man and a 57-year-old man were taken to hospital by paramedics with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.

The Toronto police homicide squad was called in to take over the investigation, but as of Sunday afternoon they had yet to release suspect information.

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Anyone with information about the shooting was asked to call officers at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.

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