A six-year-old boy and his father are dead after an apparent murder-suicide in east-end Toronto Monday night.
Toronto police said officers responded to a medically-related call in the Gamble Avenue and Broadview Avenue area, near Cosburn Avenue, just after 7:00 p.m.
Officers arrived on scene and located a man and a boy without vital signs. They were pronounced dead on scene.
The victims have been identified as Zlatan Cico, 58, and Simon Cico, 6, of Toronto.
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Pearse Vujcic, a neighbour of Zlatan told Global News Simon lived with his mother at another residence but spent quite a lot of time with his father at his apartment.
Vujcic, who said he knew Zlatan for over 10 years, described the scene where the father and son were found as “horrible,” but did not want to discuss specifically what he saw.
Const. Allyson Douglas-Cook told Global News the boy’s mother is aware of the situation and is said to be “completely distraught.”
Douglas-Cook said Simon’s death is being investigated as the city’s 28th homicide of the year and there are no outstanding suspects.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.
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