Taxi driver dead following shooting near Pharmacy and Eglinton
Police called to Pharmacy Avenue and Eglinton Avenue East just before 9 p.m. Sunday
A taxi driver is dead following a shooting in Scarborough Sunday night, Toronto police said.
Police said they were called to Pharmacy Avenue and Eglinton Avenue East just before 9 p.m. for reports that a taxi driver had crashed into a fence.
Officers located the driver who was injured and unresponsive. Police confirmed the man was wounded from a shooting, but didn't provide details about how that happened.
He was rushed to a trauma centre in life-threatening condition but later died.
There is no information about suspects at this time.
SHOOTING: (UPDATE)<br>Pharmacy Ave & Eglinton Ave E<br>- police o/s<br>- officers advised driver/victim taken to hospital has succumbed to his injuries, and has been pronounced deceased<br>- <a href="https://twitter.com/TPSHomicide?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TPSHomicide</a> has taken carriage of the investigation<br>- road closures remain in effect<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GO2048858?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GO2048858</a><br>^al
—@TPSOperationsBeck Taxi confirmed the victim was one of their employees.
"We are absolutely shocked and heartbroken about the news that a Beck driver has been shot ... We are assisting police in any way we can," the company said in a tweet.