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Man dies after being found with gunshot wound in Toronto stairwell: police

A Toronto Police Service cruiser. Global News

Homicide detectives are investigating after a man was found in a Toronto stairwell with a gunshot wound on Sunday night.

Toronto police said officers and paramedics were called to an incident around Kipling Avenue and Albion Road just after 10:30 p.m. on Sunday.

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A man was found in the stairwell of a building suffering from a gunshot wound, police said, and pronounced dead at the scene.

Police later identified the victim as 20-year-old Basliel Ewunetu from Toronto.

No suspect information was released.

The investigation is being led by Toronto police’s homicide unit.

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