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Police identify victim fatally shot in Toronto apartment building

The Toronto Police Service emblem is photographed during a press conference at TPS headquarters, in Toronto on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov. CKL

Police have identified the victim killed in a shooting in Toronto.

Toronto police said on Dec. 16, at around 4:45 a.m., officers received a report of a shooting at an apartment in the Lawrence Avenue East and Orton Park Road area.

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Officers said a man had been shot inside the building.

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Police said officers and medics provided life-saving measures, and the man was taken to hospital.

According to police, the man was pronounced deceased in hospital on Monday.

Police have identified the victim as 20-year-old Jai Parker-Ford from Toronto.

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Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7400, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.

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