A 17-year-old boy is wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a taxi driver in Toronto, police say.
Toronto police said officers were called at 8:48 p.m. on Oct. 24 for reports of a taxi that had crashed into a fence in the area of Pharmacy and Eglinton avenues in the city’s east end.
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Police said officers arrived and found the driver — 73-year-old Toronto resident Christopher Jung — alone in the vehicle, unconscious and suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
He was rushed to hospital where he died.
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In an update Friday, police said they’ve obtained judicial authorization to identify a young person wanted in connection with the shooting.
A 17-year-old Toronto resident is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for second-degree murder.
Police said he’s believed to be “armed, violent, and dangerous” and advise anyone who sees him to not approach and to call 9-1-1.
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