Police in Toronto are treating a shooting reported just before midnight on Saturday as a homicide.
A woman was found with gunshot wounds in a car in a residential area of Rexdale near Woodbine Casino, according to police.
A parked vehicle attracted attention because it appeared to have bullet holes.
Toronto police said life-saving measures were performed on the woman but she was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation began around 11:20 p.m. in the area of Rexdale Boulevard and Highway 427.
On Sunday afternoon, the victim was named as 24-year-old Adele Tolentino Eid.
The family told Global News Eid was a great sister and was the eldest of three children.
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She would have turned 25 on May 27.
Police said homicide detectives were leading the work investigating the incident. Cinrickbar Drive was closed on Saturday night and Sunday morning as officers gathered evidence.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Toronto police or Crime Stoppers.
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