Toronto police identify victim in Downsview triple shooting

Toronto Police have identified the victim of a shooting in Downsview Saturday morning as 36-year-old Gary Gallant.

Officers responded to a call for a triple shooting in an apartment building in the area of Keele Street and Sheppard Avenue West at around 5:15 a.m. on Saturday.

When police arrived at the building at 18 Skipton Crt., they found three men with gunshot wounds.

Gallant was pronounced dead at the scene and the other two victims were taken to the hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries, according to police.

Police say a dark-coloured SUV was seen leaving the area.

Investigators are asking any local residents, business owners or anyone in the area to check security cameras for any footage that can help.

Police say Gallant is Toronto’s 57th homicide victim of the year.