The assault passed off in several flats in the identical constructing with one wounded particular person taken to a hospital.
5 individuals have been killed and one other wounded in a capturing within the suburbs of the Canadian metropolis of Toronto.
The suspect additionally died on Sunday after an change of fireplace with regulation enforcement officers, Police Chief Jim MacSween informed reporters, saying the capturing passed off in an condominium constructing.
The wounded particular person was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening accidents.
Police had been referred to as to the location Sunday night.
“As soon as the officers arrived they had been met with … a horrendous scene the place quite a few victims had been deceased,” MacSween informed reporters.
Police are investigating the motive and whether or not there was a connection between the victims and the male suspect, who has not been named. The suspect allegedly acted alone.
The victims had been discovered in several flats within the constructing, which is situated in Vaughan, within the suburbs about 30km (20 miles) north of Toronto.
Residents had been evacuated instantly and dozens of ambulances and law enforcement officials had been on the scene.
Canada has skilled a surge in gun violence, which has prompted it to just lately legislate to ban handguns.
In April 2020, a gunman disguised as a policeman killed 22 individuals within the jap province of Nova Scotia, Canada’s worst mass capturing.
In September this yr, a person stabbed 11 individuals to loss of life and wounded 18 others, primarily in an remoted Indigenous group in Saskatchewan province.
Firearms-related violent crimes account for lower than 3 % of all violent crimes in Canada – however since 2009, the per capita price of weapons being fired with intent to kill or wound has elevated five-fold.
Canada banned 1,500 varieties of military-grade or assault-style firearms in Might 2020, days after the Nova Scotia capturing.