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Toronto police identify man killed in city’s 42nd homicide of 2023

Toronto police investigate a fatal shooting on Aug. 24, 2023. Ahmar Khan / Global News

A man who entered a Toronto restaurant asking for help after he had been shot and later died in hospital has been identified.

Toronto police said that on Thursday at 7:35 p.m., officers responded to a shooting in the Northcliffe Boulevard and St. Clair Avenue West area, just east of Dufferin Street.

Police said a man went into a restaurant after being shot and asked for help. A 51-year-old woman, who police previously said had also been shot, was found with non-life-threatening injuries.

They were both transported to hospital.

The man, identified as 23-year-old Toronto resident Nakhari Negus Henry-Robinson, died after arriving at the hospital, police said. His death marks Toronto’s 42nd homicide of 2023.

The victim has been identified as Nakhari Negus Henry-Robinson, 23, of Toronto. Handout / Toronto police

Anyone with information on the case was asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers anonymously.

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