Police say that a possible drug-related robbery may have led to the shooting death of a 19-year old man in Parkdale late Saturday.
Another man was injured in the shooting, which occurred around 11:30 p.m. in an apartment building on Jameson Avenue south of King Street West, Staff Sgt. David Vickers told ctvtoronto.ca.
Police say that gunfire broke out after a trio of men stormed a ground-floor balcony.
Toronto resident Christian Derro was shot in the lobby and died at the scene, police said. A 20-year-old man was also at St. Joseph's Health Centre with non-life threatening injuries. The victims were known to police, Vickers said.
On Sunday, as a friend came to the apartment complex to leave a rose for the young victim, other locals complained that the neighbourhood was plagued by violence.
Local resident Mohammad Yazadi, who has only been living in the country for a week, said that he was already planning to move away because of crime.
"I think I have to move, because it's not safe, now I realize this," he said.
With a report from CTV Toronto's Chris Eby
