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2 dead after stabbing at Etobicoke apartment building

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WATCH ABOVE: Toronto Police are investigating two violent incidents overnight in the west end of Toronto. In one of them, a man and a woman were killed and a suspect is in custody. Caryn Lieberman reports – Sep 21, 2022

Toronto police say they are investigating a double fatal stabbing in north Etobicoke early Wednesday.

Emergency crews were called to an apartment building on Bergamot Avenue, in the Islington Avenue and Rexdale Boulevard area, at around 1:40 a.m.

Police said they received reports that multiple people were stabbed.

Duty Insp. Kristy Smith said officers found two people with stab wounds who were pronounced dead inside of a unit in the building.

She said two people were taken into custody in relation to the stabbing investigation.

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Police also taped off a second scene at an Esso gas station nearby. Smith said one of the callers went to the gas station to call police.

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The other 911 call was made from the apartment building, she said.

Toronto paramedics said they took a man to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

In an update, police said a man has been arrested and there are no outstanding suspects.

There is also no threat to public safety, police said.

Police on scene following a double fatal stabbing in north Etobicoke on Sept. 21, 2022. Global News

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