5 folks have been killed and one other wounded Sunday in a taking pictures within the suburbs of the Canadian metropolis of Toronto, police mentioned.

The suspect additionally died after an alternate of fireside with legislation enforcement, native police chief Jim MacSween advised reporters, saying the taking pictures passed off in an condo constructing.

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The injured particular person was taken to hospital and their life isn’t in peril.

Police have been referred to as to the location early Sunday night.

“As soon as the officers arrived, they have been met with… a horrendous scene the place quite a few victims have been deceased,” MacSween advised reporters, in accordance with Canadian media.

Police have been investigating the motive and whether or not there was a connection between the victims and the male suspect, who has not been named.

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The suspect allegedly acted alone.

The victims have been discovered in several residences within the constructing, which is positioned in Vaughan, within the suburbs about 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of Toronto.

Residents have been evacuated instantly and dozens of ambulances and cops have been on the scene within the night, Canadian media mentioned.

Whereas it suffers far fewer mass shootings than its American neighbor, Canada has skilled an upsurge in gun violence, which has prompted it to not too long ago legislate to ban handguns.

In April 2020, a gunman disguised as a policeman killed 22 folks within the jap province of Nova Scotia, Canada’s worst mass taking pictures.

In September this yr, a person killed 11 folks and stabbed 18 others, primarily in an remoted indigenous neighborhood in Saskatchewan province.

Firearms-related violent crimes account for lower than three p.c of all violent crimes in Canada — however since 2009 the per capita price of weapons being fired with intent to kill or wound has elevated five-fold.

Canada banned 1,500 forms of military-grade or assault-style firearms in Might 2020, days after the Nova Scotia taking pictures.