A 28-year-old man is facing a murder charge following a double shooting in Scarborough that claimed the life of a 32-year-old man.
Toronto police responded to a shooting at Victoria Park Avenue and Highway 401 around 3:15 p.m. on July 6. When they arrived at the scene, they located the body of a man suffering from gunshot wounds. He was later pronounced dead.
The victim has been identified as 32-year-old Levon Byers of Toronto.
Investigators say just before 3:30 p.m., a man was located suffering from gunshot wounds outside a vehicle several blocks north at a plaza on Victoria Park Avenue south of Sheppard Avenue. He was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police say a firearm was located inside the vehicle.
Hakim El Mozazi, 28, of Toronto, has been charged with second-degree murder as well as four other firearms-related offences.
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