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First-degree murder charge laid after Toronto shooting

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Toronto’s latest homicide victim been identified as Mohamed Said Mohamed
WATCH: As Catherine McDonald reports, one tenant says the victim was visiting his mother in the Etobicoke apartment where he was fatally shot. He is Toronto’s latest homicide victim – Jun 20, 2023

A suspect is facing a first-degree murder charge after a shooting at a residential building in Toronto Monday evening that left one man dead.

Toronto police said officers responded to the Dundas Street West and Avonhurst Road area, near Kipling Avenue, just after 7 p.m. for a shooting.

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Officers located a victim, identified as 55-year-old Mohamed Said Mohamed, with gunshot wounds.

He died at the scene, marking Toronto’s 25th homicide of 2023.

Insp. Suzanne Redman told reporters on Monday that the shooting happened in a unit.

“A suspect was taken into custody and a firearm has been recovered,” she said.

Toronto resident Abdiaziz Abdi, 64, has been charged with first-degree murder and was scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.

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There is no word on what relationship, if any, there was between the accused and the victim.

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