Toronto police’s homicide unit is investigating after a drive-by shooting in Glen Park that resulted in the death of a man.Police tweeted at around 6:50 p.m. Monday that shots were fired from a moving vehicle near Dufferin St. and Glencairn Ave. The suspect vehicle has been described as a white SUV last seen travelling northbound on Dufferin St.The victim was initially rushed to hospital in serious condition. At around 9 p.m., police said the victim had died from his injuries.This marks Toronto’s 46th homicide and 25th fatal shooting of 2019. Including this victim, 37 men and 9 women have been killed in Toronto so far this year. They are: Ian Dyer, 36, was stabbed in a Toronto Community Housing building near Danforth and Midland Aves. on Jan. 6. Leigh Min, 34, was arrested two days later and charged with first-degree murder. Lorraine Kerubo Ogoti, 30, was stabbed in an eighth-floor unit of a Scarborough apartment building on Jan. 8. Her boyfriend, Mowlid Hassan, 40, was found dead outside the building. Police have concluded Ogoti’s death was a murder-suicide. Aseel Yehya, 18, was shot on Elmhurst Dr. near Redwater Dr. in Etobicoke on Jan. 9 after police said a dark-coloured vehicle approached him. Lingathasan Suntharamoorthy, 36, was shot in an apartment building near Dundalk Dr. and Antrim Cres. on Jan. 12. Hanh (Hana) Nguyen, 41, was stabbed at her home near Jane St. and St. Clair Ave. W., on Jan. 24. Austin Le, 40, was found at the scene and charged with second-degree murder. Jaunoi Christian, 24, was shot outside a nightclub on Queen St. E. near Parliament St. on Feb. 8. Ibrahim Khiar, 33, of Toronto, was charged with first-degree murder on Feb. 20. Veronika Mrhova, 24, was shot while sitting in a Mercedes-Benz near Lake Shore Blvd. and Silver Moon Dr. early on Feb. 10. She died in hospital five days later. Dean Howlett, 25, was shot in an apartment building on Lawrence Ave. E. west of Kingston Rd. in Scarborough on Feb. 12. Naod ...
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