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Man charged with 1st-degree murder in connection with Toronto shooting

Police at the scene of a fatal shooting near Eglinton Avenue and Trethewey Drive on Saturday. Gord Edick / Global News

A suspect has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with a shooting in Toronto last weekend, police say.

Toronto police said officers were called to the area of Keele Street and Eglinton Avenue at 2:20 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 23, for a shooting.

When officers arrived at the scene, they located a 36-year-old man inside of an apartment unit who had been shot.

He died at the scene.

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The man was later identified as Toronto resident Donald Leroy “Smokey” Marson.

In an update on Friday, police said 21-year-old Toronto resident Prince Cameron was arrested and charged.

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He’s scheduled to appear in court on Saturday.

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