Six die in Canada mass shooting

Five victims and one suspect are dead following a shooting at a condominium in Canada’s Vaughan city, just north of Toronto.

The York Regional Police department said in a statement early on Monday that another victim is hospitalized in a serious condition.

The police were called to a residential building located on Jane Street, north of Rutherford Road, on Sunday evening for a report of an “active male shooter who had shot several victims.”

The suspect was shot after an interaction with police and pronounced deceased at the scene, according to the police.

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An investigation is active and ongoing, the police said in the statement, adding that there is no further threat to public safety.

Details on the motive were not immediately provided.

Reuters/Zainab Sa’id