Man dead after being found shot in Yorkdale mall parking lot Thursday: police

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A antheral successful his 20s is dormant aft being shot outside the Yorkdale Shopping Centre successful North York Thursday morning.

Victim was successful his 20s, constabulary judge shooting wasn't random

Sarah Petz · CBC News

· Posted: Jul 17, 2025 7:52 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Police portion surrounds a transgression country successful a parking batch of a bookstore.

A antheral successful his 20s is dormant aft being shot outside the Yorkdale Shopping Centre successful North York Thursday morning.

Officers responded to a telephone astir a shooting successful the mall's parking batch successful the country of Dufferin Street and Highway 401 astatine astir 6:13 a.m., constabulary said successful a societal media post.

When they arrived, they recovered a antheral who had been shot. Police provided life-saving measures but the antheral was pronounced dormant astatine the scene, said Det. Sajeev Nair astatine a quality league extracurricular the promenade connected Thursday morning.

Nair said helium couldn't merchandise immoderate further details astir the unfortunate astatine this clip arsenic constabulary are inactive moving to notify his adjacent of kin.

Investigators judge this was "not a random shooting," Nair said.

"We recognize that an incidental similar this, peculiarly successful a nationalist determination similar a mall, tin beryllium profoundly unsettling," helium said.

"I privation to guarantee the nationalist that we're dedicating each indispensable resources to this case."

At slightest 2 constabulary cars and ambulances tin beryllium seen extracurricular a buying mall.

There was a ample constabulary beingness extracurricular the promenade Thursday morning, with yellowish portion and respective constabulary cars surrounding a conception of the mall's parking batch extracurricular a bookstore.

Nair said the shooting happened adjacent the mall's north-side entrance. While the promenade is unfastened for concern Thursday, the country astir that entranceway is "still an progressive transgression scene" and constabulary are asking the nationalist to debar that peculiar spot, helium said.

Police are asking anyone who was successful the country astatine the clip who whitethorn person witnessed the incidental oregon person dashcam footage to interaction them, Nair said.

"Even the smallest portion of accusation tin beryllium captious to an investigation."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sarah Petz is simply a newsman with CBC Toronto. Her vocation has taken her crossed 3 provinces and includes a stint successful East Africa. She tin beryllium reached astatine [email protected].

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