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One dead after shooting at high school in Canada

Nov 01, 2022

Ottawa [Canada], November 1: One person was dead and another was in hospital after a shooting on Monday at a high school's front yard in Toronto, the largest city of Canada, police said.
The shooting happened just before 3:22 p.m. local time outside Woburn Collegiate Institute, Toronto police confirmed on social media.
A male victim was located with gunshot wounds and transported to hospital in life-threatening condition. He was later pronounced deceased in hospital.
The second victim, a teenage boy, was transported to a trauma center via emergency run, the police said.
Woburn Collegiate Institute was initially placed under a lockdown. So far, no arrests have been made, but police said a suspect was seen fleeing the area going westbound.
Source: Xinhua

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