Shooting in downtown Toronto leaves 1 dead, 2 others injured

Toronto police are searching for four suspects who they said opened fire on three men in Regent Park Saturday evening, leaving one of them dead and the other two injured.

Officers were called to the area of Oak and Sumach streets, south of Gerrard Street East, just before 9 p.m. for a shooting.

When they arrived, they located three men, all in their 20s, suffering from gunshot wounds.

Insp. Michael Williams said one victim was pronounced at the scene while another victim who shot in the torso was rushed to a trauma centre in life-threatening condition.

He said a third victim suffered gunshot wounds to his lower body and was also transported to a local hospital in non-life-threatening condition.