A 16-year-old boy is dead following a shooting at a North York apartment building overnight Thursday, Toronto police say. Police were called to the red-brick highrise at 30 Falstaff Ave., near Jane St., at 1:07 a.m. after reports of a shooting. After arriving, they found the boy unresponsive. He died at the scene.Three suspects were seen fleeing the area in a dark-coloured Honda, Toronto police media spokesperson Katrina Arrogante said. Police have not yet named the boy, but friends and neighbours at the building identified him as Hanad Abdullahi, 16.“I’ve known him my entire life. The sweetest kid,” said Jennifer Boahen, who said she is a close friend of Abdullahi’s family. “It’s a shock. This whole community, we are grieving.”Boahen said Abdullahi was heading home from playing video games with friends at a neighbouring highrise — another in a trio of tall apartment blocks beside Hwy. 401 — when he was shot.After visiting Abdullahi’s family Thursday afternoon, York-Southwest MPP Faisal Hassan said they’re devastated but also frustrated by what they said was the slow response from police.“Kids are dying in their own community. It’s unacceptable. Something has to be done,” Hassan said.Meanwhile, police and members of the forensic identification unit could be seen working outside the building Thursday.A black forensic van and several cruisers could be seen parked at the front entrance and a section of the side entrance was cordoned off by police yellow tape.Neighbours could be seen coming in and out of the building, some covering their faces and hugging each other for comfort. Boahen said there have been security concerns in the neighbourhood for a long time, adding that residents have been asking for more security cameras. “This was not the first shooting that happened at Falstaff, and this probably won’t be the last. That’s just the sad reality,” she said. ...
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