Homicide investigators are probing the death of a young man in the city's northwest end. Toronto Police were called to 20 Falstaff Ave., one of three troubled high-rises just off Jane St. and Hwy. 401, about a "suspicious death" at 10:30 p.m. Monday.The hits just keep on rolling.
A man, believed to be in his early 20s, was found with "obvious signs of trauma," Cotton said. No suspect information was available Tuesday morning.
The case appears to be Toronto's seventh homicide of the year. It came a day after a deadly shooting two kilometres down Jane St.
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UPDATE: Latest victim identified
At about 6 p.m. on Monday, 22-year-old Tyrell Duffus said goodbye to his girlfriend, 19-year-old Renee Brown, after the two shared a meal at a Harvey’s restaurant. Within an hour, Duffus got into an argument with someone in the stairwell next to their apartment. A gun was pulled, shots were fired and Duffus was left to die. Not until about 10:30 p.m. were police called.Just another bloody day at Jane & Falstaff.
“He was always a good guy and he didn’t take no harm to nobody,” said Brown, who is due to have Duffus’ baby July 31.
Toronto Police Det. Mike Carbone said the shooting “was certainly a targeted event” and that investigators are “exploring every possibility” in their search for a motive.
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UPDATE: Homicide victim identified
Homicide detectives have released surveillance video from a high-rise at 30 Falstaff Ave. in hopes of identifying two people seen fleeing the building, moments after 22-year-old Tyrell Duffus was shot on Feb. 8.Over to the Falstaff "community."
The video shows two people, both wearing hoodies and baggy jeans, quickly exiting a door at the south stairwell. The first person's hoodie has several distinguishing white stripes on the right shoulder, which may make him more recognizable.