Five people were killed and another injured in a shooting in suburban Toronto in eastern Canada.
The police made it known.
The suspected killer died after a firefight with law enforcement, local police chief Jim MacSween told reporters, adding that the shooting occurred in an apartment building.
The shooting last night in Vaughan, a town about 30 kilometers north of Toronto.
The injured person was transported to the hospital and his life is not in danger.
"Once officers arrived, they were confronted with a horrendous scene where numerous people had died," MacSween told reporters.
The police are investigating the motive and the possible connection between the victims and the murderer
, who allegedly acted alone.
His identity was not disclosed.
The victims were found in several apartments in the building, the local police chief specified, adding that all residents were evacuated immediately.
The number of mass shootings in Canada is far lower than in the United States, but these events have soared in recent times, prompting the country to ban the sale of handguns last October.
In April 2020, a gunman disguised as a policeman killed 22 people in the eastern province of Nova Scotia, the worst mass shooting ever in the country.
Last September, a man killed 11 people and stabbed 18 others, mostly in an isolated indigenous community in the province of Saskatchewan.
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