Five individuals had been killed and one other wounded Sunday in a taking pictures within the suburbs of the Canadian metropolis of Toronto, police mentioned.

The suspect additionally died after an alternate of fireside with regulation enforcement, native police chief Jim MacSween instructed reporters, saying the taking pictures befell in an condo constructing.

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The injured particular person was taken to hospital and their life just isn’t in peril.

Police had been known as to the location early Sunday night.

“Once the officers arrived, they were met with… a horrendous scene where numerous victims were deceased,” MacSween instructed reporters, based on Canadian media.

Police had been investigating the motive and whether or not there was a connection between the victims and the male suspect, who has not been named.

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The suspect allegedly acted alone.

The victims had been discovered in numerous flats within the constructing, which is situated in Vaughan, within the suburbs about 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of Toronto.

Residents had been evacuated instantly and dozens of ambulances and law enforcement officials had been on the scene within the night, Canadian media mentioned.

While it suffers far fewer mass shootings than its American neighbor, Canada has skilled an upsurge in gun violence, which has prompted it to not too long ago legislate to ban handguns.

In April 2020, a gunman disguised as a policeman killed 22 individuals within the japanese province of Nova Scotia, Canada’s worst mass taking pictures.

In September this 12 months, a person killed 11 individuals and stabbed 18 others, primarily in an remoted indigenous neighborhood in Saskatchewan province.

Firearms-related violent crimes account for lower than three p.c of all violent crimes in Canada — however since 2009 the per capita price of weapons being fired with intent to kill or wound has elevated five-fold.

Canada banned 1,500 forms of military-grade or assault-style firearms in May 2020, days after the Nova Scotia taking pictures.