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2 enter Scarborough pharmacy with weapons up, man in life-threatening condition: police

Toronto police on the scene of a shooting in Scarborough. Ryan Belgrave/Global News

A man is in life-threatening condition following a shooting at a pharmacy in Scarborough on Friday evening.

In a tweet, Toronto police said they were called to the area of Eglinton Avenue East and Brimley Road at around 8:02 p.m. on Friday for reports that two men had entered a store brandishing firearms.

Police officers and tape were seen at a Rexall pharmacy in the area.

One person was shot and left with serious injuries, while the two men fled the store, police said.

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Paramedics told Global News the male shooting victim was taken to a trauma centre on an emergency run in life-threatening condition.

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