Toronto police have launched a homicide investigation after a woman was shot inside a downtown apartment building Saturday morning.
Officers were called to the area of Jarvis Street and Dundas Street East around 9:30 a.m. after reports of a shooting, according to a media release from the Toronto Police Service.
A woman was found inside an apartment unit suffering from a gunshot wound.
Life-saving measures were taken at the scene, before the doctors rushed the victim to the hospital, where she died.
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The shooting happened inside a unit at 251 Jarvis St., according to Toronto police.
“A resident in the building called 911 after hearing gunshots,” said Insp. Dan Pravica with TPS.
A man has been arrested in connection with the investigation, but no charges have yet been announced.
The identity of the victim has not been released. “We are still in the process of notifying the next of kin,” Pravica told reporters.
Pravica said investigators are still working to determine the circumstances of the shooting, including the relationship between the victim and the man who was arrested.
“If the victim and the arrested man know each other, it will be part of the investigation,” the police said in a statement.
The Toronto Police Service’s Homicide and Missing Persons Unit has taken over the investigation.
Police are appealing to the public to contact authorities if anyone has information.
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