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1 man in serious condition after being shot in Toronto’s north end

Toronto Paramedics rush a man with gun shot wounds to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Wednesday evening. Jeremy Cohn / Global News

A man is in serious condition after a shooting in north-end Toronto Tuesday evening.

Officials said emergency crews were called at around 6:40 p.m. after the man was shot twice while walking on Driftwood Court, near Jane Street and Steeles Avenue West.

“He observed a black SUV travelling northbound on Driftwood Court. Once the SUV passed him, he heard some gun shots from behind him,” Toronto police Sgt. Brian Maharaj told Global News.

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The man was rushed to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre by paramedics in life-threatening condition. Maharaj later said the man’s condition was upgraded to non-life-threatening and that he was going to have surgery.

Anyone with information is being asked to call police at 416-808-2222 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.

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