Police identify boy, 16, killed in Etobicoke triple shooting

Toronto police have identified a 16-year-old boy who died after a shooting in an Etobicoke school parking lot late Sunday that injured two others.

Zakariye Ali, of Toronto, died in hospital of his injuries.

Police say two men, who were found near Ali, were wounded. They are 18 and 19 years of age.

• 1 dead in Etobicoke triple shooting

All three were rushed to hospital. Two were takento the trauma centre atSunnybrookHospital and the other toEtobicokeGeneral Hospital. Ali was pronounced a short time later.

Police said an autopsy will be done on Tuesday.

On Sunday, police responded to reports of at least five gun shots heard in the area ofDixon Road and Islington Avenue at 11:40p.m.

Officers arrived to 1 York Road, Kingsview Village Junior School, and found Aliunconscious and suffering from a gunshot wound.

The two other menwere located just south of the parking lot, close to Dixon Road and Wincott Drive. Both had gunshotwounds.

Members of the Emergency Task Force and canine squad were called in to secure the neighbourhood and helpin the search for perpetrators.

A manwas spotted running north on York Road before he or shegot into a small, light-coloured vehicle, according to Toronto police homicide Det. Steve Matthews.

The manwas described as a five foot seven,in his 20s, with a slim build. Hewas wearing all black clothing.

Matthews said the school has security camerasand police have obtained footage from the area.

At a news conference early Monday, he appealed for any other witnesses or anyone with potentially valuable video of the attack to contact police.

It's too early to know what the men were doing in the parking lot at that time, Matthews said.

"Hopefully, when we speak to the other victims we can get a better understanding of what happened," he told reporters.

None of the three victims were previously known to police, Matthew added.

This is the second shooting in the Dixon Road and IslingtonAvenue area in five days. On Thursday,Abdulkadir Bihi, 29, was found in a car near the intersection with serious gunshot wounds. He died in hospital.

Two suspects are in custody in relation to that homicide, police revealed Sunday.

Matthews said it'stoo early to determine if the two incidents have any connection.

Anyone with information is asked to callpolice at 416-808-7400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online atwww.222tips.com, or text TOR and amessage to CRIMES (274637).