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Toronto area shooting: gunman kills five in residential unit

Five people have been shot and killed in a residential unit in the Greater Toronto Area before the gunman was killed by police, authorities have said.

Police were called to a residential building in Vaughan, north of Toronto, at about 7.20pm on Sunday to reports of an active male shooter who had shot several victims at a condo in in the Ontario city.

Mass shootings are rare in Canada and Toronto has long prided itself as being one of the safest big cities in the world.

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The Sun has a likely motive… also being discussed on Reddit = “Old Italian Guy Mad At Condo Board” – Sources told the Toronto Sun police are investigating multiple shooting scenes at a condo building and are working on a theory that an individual went from unit to unit, attacking six members of the condo board. One of the victims was hospitalized and is expected to survive.

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