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1 teen dead, 1 with ‘very serious’ injuries after Etobicoke shooting

Cavonte Dimsdale, 18. TPS/Handout

Toronto police are investigating after a shooting killed one teenager and left another with “very serious” injuries.

Police said officers were called to a complex in the area of Mount Olive Drive and Kipling Avenue at around 5:46 p.m Saturday.

In a series of tweets, police said multiple shots were heard, along with reports that one man had been shot.
Toronto police located the victim with serious injuries and assisted with an emergency run to bring him to hospital.

He later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at hospital, police said.

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Police also said a second victim whose “injuries are very serious” was located in the area where the original incident took place.

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Police said he was also rushed to hospital.

A Toronto police vehicle on the scene of the shooting. Global News

In an update, police said the teenager who died and the victim who suffered injuries were both 18 years old.

On Sunday afternoon, police named the victim as Cavonte Dimsdale from Toronto.

The force’s homicide squad has taken over the investigation.

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